Why the fuss over this and not over fingerprints? Once a record of a physical trait to be used in tracking was allowed, is there any surprise that as the traits to record get more accurate they too would be recorded?
<rant> I would like to hear more complaints about the nifty little fingerprint scanners at U.S. immigrations that scan/compare/record fingerprints for all non-U.S. passengers entering the U.S. Oh, that's right. I forgot. Civil rights in the U.S. only applies to some portion of the U.S. population, and no one else. </rant> On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 11:36, Declan McCullagh wrote: > We discussed this here weeks ago: > http://www.politechbot.com/2005/09/13/more-on-dna/ > http://www.politechbot.com/2005/09/10/federal-dna-database/ > > --- > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/23/AR2005092301665.html > > Bill Would Permit DNA Collection From All Those Arrested > > By Jonathan Krim > Washington Post Staff Writer > Saturday, September 24, 2005; Page A03 > > Suspects arrested or detained by federal authorities could be forced to > provide samples of their DNA that would be recorded in a central > database under a provision of a Senate bill to expand government > collection of personal data. > > The controversial measure was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee > last week and is supported by the White House, but has not gone to the > floor for a vote. It goes beyond current law, which allows federal > authorities to collect and record samples of DNA only from those > convicted of crimes. The data are stored in an FBI-maintained national > registry that law enforcement officials use to aid investigations, by > comparing DNA from criminals with evidence found at crime scenes. > > [...remainder snipped...] > _______________________________________________ > Politech mailing list > Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ > Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/) > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > Unsub/Pause/Etc : http://mail.linux-sxs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general +····························+·······························+ · Roger Oberholtzer · E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] · · OPQ Systems AB · WWW: http://www.opq.se/ · · Kapellgränd 7 · · · P. O. Box 4205 · Phone: Int + 46 8 314223 · · 102 65 Stockholm · Mobile: Int + 46 733 621657 · · Sweden · Fax: Int + 46 8 314223 · +····························+·······························+ _______________________________________________ [email protected] Unsub/Pause/Etc : http://mail.linux-sxs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general
