Louis Freeh joins Viisage board

Louis Freeh, former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has joined the board of directors of Billerica, Massachusetts-based biometrics specialist Viisage Technology (NASDAQ: VISG). Freeh brings to the Viisage board twenty-six years of experience in federal law enforcement, including eight years of heading the FBI (1993-2001), and experience in gained in previous positions, among them serving as a federal district court judge and federal attorney. He will remain on the board of the combined company which will result from the pending merger between Viisage and Minnetonka, Minnesota-based Identix (NASDAQ: IDNX), which is expected to close in the third quarter of 2006.