DHS official: Airlines best suited to run fingerprint program (5/1/08) — www.GovernmentExecutive.com

The Homeland Security Department’s policy chief Thursday cautioned the nation’s airlines not to push to have the federal government take fingerprints of foreigners leaving from the nation’s airports, saying shifting the responsibility to the public sector would likely lead to flight disruptions.

The department is locked in a major policy dispute with the airlines over who should verify when foreigners leave the country.