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Thursday, 01/12/2006 10:10:14 PM

Thursday, January 12, 2006 10:10:14 PM

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The following is from Thestreet.com it is Cramer's Homeland Security pick for what it is worth.

http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/funds/madmoneywrap/10261689_2.html


Cramer wrapped up the show with what he called the best in homeland security and domestic security buys, welcoming Bob LaPenta, chairman of Viisage Technology (VISGD:Nasdaq - commentary - research - Cramer's Take) to the show.

Viisage just agreed to acquire Identix (IDNX:Nasdaq - commentary - research - Cramer's Take) for $770 million in stock, a move that LaPenta said would integrate key law enforcement and homeland security products under a single platform.

Viisage already had the market on driver's licenses and passport security products, the key documents for U.S. security. And both companies offered face-recognition technology.

But LaPenta said that Identix brought fingerprint identification -- the most commonly used biometric identifier -- to the company and that Viisage has brought great management to a crowded field.