Over three years after the attacks of 9/11-2001, there continues to be major infighting between the Justice Dept, Homeland Security, and the State Dept over how the fingerprint database should work. The FBI has used a ten-print system for many years, but the Departments of State and Homeland Security insist on using a two-print system because of the high demand that would be placed on our embassies overseas and our ports of entry here at home if they are required to adhere to the ten-print system. Because of this ongoing dispute, the universal fingerprint system that was envisioned after 9/11 to help identify potential terrorists entering the country continues to be mostly inoperable.
The findings of the 9/11 Commission spoke to the issues of inter-agency competition and disagreement as key blockages to identifying the attacks prior to 9/11. The Commission concluded that this issue of infighting is the one issue that could most easily be addressed for reforming the intelligence and counterterrorism programs in the United States.
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