Homeland Security Plans DNA Screening
Feb 26, 2011, 2:41 pm
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Homeland Security Plans DNA Screening
On the Drudge Report today. The link goes to a story on itunes which on my computer has very small type nad I can't read it. Maybe someone else can.(I'm itunes illiterate, only switched from tapes to cd's a few years ago).
Drudde Report:
http://www.drudgereport.com/
link is second down from left.
link to itunes page
http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/02...a-scanner-1-2/
Drudde Report:
http://www.drudgereport.com/
link is second down from left.
link to itunes page
http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/02...a-scanner-1-2/
Feb 26, 2011, 3:33 pm
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"Ctrl +" and "Ctrl -" will zoom in and out in your browser, as will Ctrl and your mouse wheel.
The linked story is a .jpg image with a story about a portable DNA scanner that is used with a mouth swab.
I suspect it will be used more by Customs than by TSA.
The linked story is a .jpg image with a story about a portable DNA scanner that is used with a mouth swab.
I suspect it will be used more by Customs than by TSA.
Feb 26, 2011, 4:17 pm
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On the Drudge Report today. The link goes to a story on itunes which on my computer has very small type nad I can't read it. Maybe someone else can.(I'm itunes illiterate, only switched from tapes to cd's a few years ago).
Drudde Report:
http://www.drudgereport.com/
link is second down from left.
link to itunes page
http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/02...a-scanner-1-2/
Drudde Report:
http://www.drudgereport.com/
link is second down from left.
link to itunes page
http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/02...a-scanner-1-2/
we are going deeper into the darkness...
the infuriating thing is that DHS bypassed their own privacy committee on this matter. How much more private can you get than your own DNA for pete's sake.
Feb 26, 2011, 4:30 pm
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Feb 26, 2011, 5:35 pm
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Feb 26, 2011, 5:49 pm
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This is intended to be used on people immigrating with their children. Another branch of DHS, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, as well as the Department of State, generally make the decisions as to whether someone is eligible to enter the United States as an immigrant. Often this depends on family relationship to another person who is being admitted.
In states in Africa, for instance, birth and similar vital records are considered unreliable and it is common for the Department of State to require a DNA test to determine relationship. No constitutional barrier exists to this.
Within the United States, absent either a felony conviction, probable cause as shown to a judge, or paternity cases, I am aware of no court which has permitted the government to compel a citizen to submit to a DNA test.
TSA would really be out on thin ice if they attempted to do this as part of airport screening. Of course, five years ago I would have said the same about what they're doing right now.
In states in Africa, for instance, birth and similar vital records are considered unreliable and it is common for the Department of State to require a DNA test to determine relationship. No constitutional barrier exists to this.
Within the United States, absent either a felony conviction, probable cause as shown to a judge, or paternity cases, I am aware of no court which has permitted the government to compel a citizen to submit to a DNA test.
TSA would really be out on thin ice if they attempted to do this as part of airport screening. Of course, five years ago I would have said the same about what they're doing right now.
Feb 26, 2011, 7:36 pm
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Feb 26, 2011, 7:46 pm
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It's too bad nobody at the TSA has seen fit to respond to any of the posted comments on the Savannah debacle calling him on his lie about not having to go into the station.
Feb 26, 2011, 7:52 pm
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Apparently, enough people freaked out that Bloghdad Bob thought it was worthy of an additional TSA blog post a little while ago.
It's too bad nobody at the TSA has seen fit to respond to any of the posted comments on the Savannah debacle calling him on his lie about not having to go into the station.
It's too bad nobody at the TSA has seen fit to respond to any of the posted comments on the Savannah debacle calling him on his lie about not having to go into the station.
Which means it will be a secondary screening method in a few months..... BB the sacrificial goat not withstanding....
Maybe that is what they are preparing us for by swabbing cups.
