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DHS S&T Begins Testing System That Screens People For Hostile Intent

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Friday, September 19th, 2008

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By Calvin Biesecker UPPER MARLBORO, Md.--After a year or so of initial development and integration work, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) branch this week began a demonstration of sensor and data fusion technologies that one day will automatically detect if individuals are contemplating hostile actions based on biological changes that may or may not be visible to the naked eye. The Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST) program is measuring changes in a person's biological attributes,…

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