11.   The Newport Beach, California-based maker of fingerprint identification systems did not say whether an auditor had yet been retained.

12.   Well, maybe, one day, if corporations adopt fingerprint systems to replace passwords.

13.   Fingerscan is a subsidiary of Identix International, a company that pioneered the development of patented live-scan fingerprint systems and biometric identification systems.

14.   Glenn Fine, Department of Justice inspector general, cited as an example the separate fingerprint database systems of the INS and FBI.

15.   Security has been beefed up, but separate fingerprint systems have been seen as a flaw.

16.   The fingerprint system, manufactured by CrimeBite, also is used by grocery stores that cash payroll checks.