- The United States will soon begin construction on a giant
database containing DNA codes of criminal offenders.
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- Buried in the USA Patriot Act -- signed into law by
President Bush last month -- is a provision that allows for the government
collection of a person's DNA for "qualifying Federal offenses, as
determined by the Attorney General."
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- The DNA development has gone unreported in the nation's
mainpress.
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- Section 503 of the Patriot Act now requires persons
convicted
of terrorism offenses and other crimes of violence to submit to DNA
samples.
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- "The [DNA] database will be a powerful new tool
for law enforcement and crime prevention," an administration official
told the DRUDGE REPORT last week.
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- A 30-page Field Guidance of New Authorities issued by
the Justice Department states the "collection of DNA samples from
federal offenders" extends "to all federal offenders convicted
of the types of offenses that are likely to be committed by terrorists
or any crime of violence."
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- Specifics on the deployment of the database could not
be obtained as this transmits.
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- Under prior law, the statutory provisions governing the
collection of DNA samples from federal offenders were restrictive.
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