T5 B61 Recommendations Fdr- 4-27-04 Carter Email Re Smh Article And Ia-passport (1st Pgs For Reference)

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Joanne Accolla From:

Susan Ginsburg

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Tuesday, April 27, 2004 2:50 PM

To:

Joanne Accolla

Subject: FW: SMH Article Would you print this for Tom? Thanks. S —Original Message From: Carter, Rick [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 9:34 AM To: Susan Ginsburg Cc: Walter Hem pel Subject: RE: SMH Article Susan, Thanks for your message. 1) If I understand your question clearly, I'm suggesting that a full page image of the document being presented ( passport, visa) be scanned so that the digital image on the document can be "automatically" compared to the image on file. Currently this is a manual process and relies on the immigration officer to make the determination that it's not the same person. In addition, our technology can read the biometric in the document if there was a chip inserted, along with authenticating the document's security features and can do so all in one pass. 2) The utility of our technology adds value at each of the stage in the process ... Visa - authenticating the passport being presented to obtain the visa Airport - authenticating the passport and visa at the international airport before or at check-in to extend the borders. This is how our DHS pilot worked in Nigeria. There is an enhancement being made to allow for fingerprints to be captured and checked so that the boarding pass is not switched, a problem that is also taking place in Nigeria. Border - Passport, visas, DL's, Alien Registration Cards, etc authenticated at the primary station as in Australia Internal Immigration - to be used as a cost effective forensic tool I would also suggest that our technology should be used as the person is exiting the country to ensure the right person is leaving and they are not presenting a fraudulent visa. 3) The system can be built in as part of the US VISIT program or as a stand alone enhancement to the current process. It can be deployed very quickly with minimal training and little or no integration to the current mainframe system. 4) Please see the attached list of documents currently support. We are currently working with the various government customers to constantly update the database. We see that working closely with US government agencies would greatly enhance this process. Let me know if you require anything else and whether you have a few moments to see the system in action. Rick

Original Message From: Susan Ginsburg [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 9:33 AM To: Carter, Rick Subject: RE: SMH Article

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v™ticle Thank you for all the materials. A couple of questions:

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Tell me clearly how if/when there is a biometric and photo the ppt physical security check is still useful. At what phases in the system is it most useful - visa, airport, border, internal immigration Could you build the program into the next phase of US VISIT Does your 5 read program cover the security features of every country's passport?

Thanks Susan —Original Message From: Carter, Rick [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 8:16 AM To: Susan Ginsburg Cc: Walter Hempel Subject: FW: SMH Article

Continued results from our Australian deployment Rick > Revealed: four caught with fake passports at airports > Date: April 25 2004 > > By Kerry-Anne Walsh > Four people have been caught trying to enter Australia using fake > documents, the Federal Government has revealed. > Following reports that terror suspect Faheem Khalid Lodhi may have tried > to obtain a false Australian passport, The Sun-Herald has been told the > four were snared at Sydney, Melbourne and Darwin airports by high-tech > machines used to pick up evidence of document tampering. > The final roll-out of 400 machines - now operating at every Australian > international airport - was finalised only weeks ago. > While Justice and Customs Minister Chris Ellison would not reveal the > nationalities or motives of the four, Attorney-General Philip Ruddock > confirmed that terror suspects here and abroad were trying to obtain false > Australian passports. > Mr Ruddock said that if people in Australia "of interest" to authorities > had their passports or overseas travel documents cancelled, they "may well > seek to obtain other documents with a view to fleeing". > People sometimes travelled on false documents because they had "other > motives" than immigration or to evade criminal prosecution, he said. "And > we've always taken the view that good border protection means good > security." > Police will allege in court that Lodhi, 34, who is spending his first > weekend in Goulburn's supermax jail after being charged with seven > offences related to a terrorist plot, may have been attempting to procure > a fake passport within the last few months. > A counter-terrorism task force has reportedly gleaned the information > through telephone taps and listening device recordings from Sydney homes > and businesses.

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