Here's something interesting I pulled fro Reuters -- Seems to me like it's a good idea. Vote in the attatched poll and tell me if you agree.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal spending on facial recognition technology doubled in the past five years to more than $10 million, even before the Sept. 11 attacks generated new interest in the technology as a security measure, a congressional study obtained on Friday showed.

In fiscal 1997, the four said they had spent a combined total of $5.6 million, the General Accounting Office, the audit arm of Congress, said in the survey dated March 14 that was requested by House of Representatives Majority leader Dick Armey, Republican of Texas.

The survey was conducted in August so the figures do not reflect spending after the September attacks.

"Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, federal interest in biometrics technology, especially facial recognition technology as a security measure, appears to have increased," the study said. Biometrics involves the use of a person's physical characteristics such as fingerprints, hand geometry, iris scan or facial recognition to check identity.

Although no agency reported using funds for deployment of it through January, the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research said it planned to work with the Bureau of Consular Affairs to integrate the technology into a counterterrorism database in the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30.