Our Battered Constitution: FBI Prepares Vast Database of Biometrics

One billion dollar project to include images of irises and faces.

by Ellen Nakashima (The Washington Post, 2007-12-22)

Clarksburg, West Virginia - The FBI is embarking 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.

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