...goes without saying that everything has changed after the events of September 11, 1001. In fact, everything has changed has almost become something of a cliché. Nonetheless, it is a true and painful fact of life that American perceprions and beliefs about their own personal security has shifted in ways that assure that certain aspects of modern life, such as air travel or the American sense of being invulnerable, will ever return to the way it was before the terrorist attacks. One industry that is feeling the change in ways ranging from the financial impact of people being unwilling to fly to the physical requirements of changing the structure of their product is the airline industry. Officials in the industry make it clear that they will do everything and anything to assure airline passengers safety. One of the ways they are making good on that promise is through the implementation of biometric security measures that will serve as an additional way to screen passengers and identify those who are likely to present a threat or who have already proven themselves...