Moustache news

Systems analyst Tom Burton speaks at his moustache displacement appeal hearing in this file photograph dated 14th July, 2006. Since late March, men have been required for reasons of national security to notify the government Office of Facial Hair if they wish to shave off or significantly alter their moustaches or beards. Burton appealed after a request to shave off his moustache was denied by the OFH in June on the grounds that it “would not, in the view of this panel, make the applicant look significantly younger”. A verdict is expected early next week.

U.S. moustache licensing programme begins

Systems analyst Tom Burton holds a copy of his mandatory moustache license as he speaks to reporters after leaving the offices of the newly created government Office of Facial Hair in Washington, D.C. March 31, 2006. The moustache licenses and the controversial beard identity cards have been introduced to prevent terrorists from disguising themselves and making themselves harder to identify during a terrorist attack.