Saturday, December 22, 2007

FBI aims for world's largest biometrics database

A Mexican national has his thumb fingerprint taken on a digital scanner by a U.S. Border Patrol agent after the Mexican was caught attempting an undocumented entry into the U.S. from Mexico in Laredo, Texas May 3, 2006. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)

"The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion project to build the world's largest computer database of biometrics to give the government more ways to identify people at home and abroad, the Washington Post reported on Friday."

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