WHen a US citizen returns from abroad, they must go through US Customs
desks at the airport. The agent at the desk enters one's passport
number and name into his
computer terminal. My question is: what information about me is displayed on that
computer terminal?

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Request for Question Clarification by techtor-ga on 20 Dec 2005 02:05 PST

Hello Inisfree,
Does this picture show what you expect?

http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2004/US/01/05/fingerprint.program/story.us.visit.ap.jpg

Techtor's found it. Here's confirmation:
Welcome to America
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/673/in9.htm
Bigger image: http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/673/_in9.htm
..."Everyone's a suspect in the brave new world of US travel. Nyier
Abdou looks at the US's controversial new screening programmes..."

No, doesn't answer our question.
I want to know what SPECIFIC kinds data about a citizen is contained
on the screen. (Not just a photograph.)

I think that the images shown are from the US VISIT program which is
for immigrants and visitors to the US.  I don't think it has the same
information as the computers would for a US citizen, but that's just a
thought on the matter.  I haven't been abroad sine 1995 and I didn't
even think about it then.