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Federal Agencies To Collect Genetic Info
protagoras writes "According to a bill approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee, suspects arrested or detained by federal authorities may have their DNA forcibly collected for permanent storage in a central database. The bill is supported by the White House as well, but has not yet gone to the floor for a vote. Current law permits this only for those convicted of a crime. So even though completely innocent, should the Feds decide to detain you for any reason, your genetic data will grace their database beside that from murders, terrorists, and other miscreants." From the article: "The provision, co-sponsored by Kyl and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.), does not require the government to automatically remove the DNA data of people who are never convicted. Instead, those arrested or detained would have to petition to have their information removed from the database after their cases were resolved. Privacy advocates are especially concerned about possible abuses such as profiling based on genetic characteristics."
Oh how easy it is to destroy America through religious zealotry.
Actually, given that the current WH crew is a bunch of god-botherers, they prolly think that jesus did tell them to do it. Punish all you sinners.
Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious
Vote? You don't get to vote for much more than your student council president. Everything more important is decided outside of the electoral process entirely.
Well, no need to collect Georgie W's DNA - we all know he got high - then became president......so many members of his family are cokeheads, it goes without saying - that, and stupidity, must be genetic.