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04/18/2008: "Feds to collect DNA from every person they arrest"

The government plans to begin collecting DNA samples from anyone arrested by a federal law enforcement agency . a move intended to prevent violent crime but which also is raising concerns about the privacy of innocent people.

Expanding the DNA database, known as CODIS, raises civil liberties questions about the potential for misuse of such personal information, such as family ties and genetic conditions.

[ So much for democracy being about freedom. ]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080416/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/dna_collection