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Subject: Re: US Citizen entering Brazil will be fingerprinted & photgraphed Posted on: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 23:12:18 +0000 (UTC)

bobowilliams77@yahoo.com (Bobo) wrote in message news:...
> FYI - An interesting news article about tit-for-tat between the US and
> Brazil. The visa requirement alone has kept me for going to Brazil;
> now this.
>
> I read somewhere that Brazil is a favorite destination for US citizens
> fleeing as fugitives from justice. The fingerprinting and
> photographing might hinder the fugitivies from entering Brazil or at
> least make it easier for US law enforcement to track them down. Oh
> well. . .
> --------------------------
>
> BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) -- A Brazilian judge furious at U.S. plans
> to fingerprint and photograph Brazilians entering the United States
> has ordered Brazil to do the same to U.S. citizens, police said on
> Tuesday.
>
Sure, why not. Can you blame them? Pretty soon we'll all be toothless and blind.