FBI compiling big database of physical traits

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: eekid () aol com
Date: December 23, 2007 8:31:56 AM EST
To: dfarber () cs cmu edu, dave () farber net
Subject: FBI compiling big database of physical traits

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/5399688.html

"CLARKSBURG, W. VA. — The FBI has embarked on a $1 billion effort to  
build the world's largest computer database of peoples' physical  
characteristics, a project that would give the government  
unprecedented abilities to identify individuals in the United States  
and abroad.

Digital images of faces, fingerprints and palm patterns already are  
flowing into FBI systems in a climate-controlled, secure basement  
here. Next month, the FBI intends to award a 10-year contract that  
significantly would expand the amount and kinds of biometric  
information it receives."

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