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And, yes, I DO take it personally: Another little-noticed amendment: handing over your DNA to the government
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Monday, February 05, 2007

Another little-noticed amendment: handing over your DNA to the government

these "little-noticed amendments" are taking us rapidly down the road to a true police state...
The Justice Department is completing rules to allow the collection of DNA from most people arrested or detained by federal authorities, a vast expansion of DNA gathering that will include hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, by far the largest group affected.

The new forensic DNA sampling was authorized by Congress in a little-noticed amendment to a January 2006 renewal of the Violence Against Women Act, which provides protections and assistance for victims of sexual crimes. The amendment permits DNA collecting from anyone under criminal arrest by federal authorities, and also from illegal immigrants detained by federal agents.

i can't wait for my next trip through customs coming back into the u.s... it can't be too long that we'll all probably be greeted with a tongue swab...

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