Mon, Jan 6, 2020 8:28 p.m.
"Houston – The U.S. government on Monday launched a pilot program to collect DNA from people in immigration custody and submit it to the FBI, with plans to expand nationwide."
 | U.S. to start collecting DNA from people detained at border. Starting Monday, CBP will collect swabs from people apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol at the Canadian border in or near Detroit www.detroitnews.com |
ATR: What about Jeb!'s wife?
Seriously.
I was talking to a new client about two weeks ago. She is an engineer for NASA at Cape Canaveral. She said that Uncle Sam buys data from firms such as 23andME. https://www.23andme.com She's the ex-wife of a Navy guy. She said that there was probably no nefarious intent, but still.... We were only talking about this because she wanted to know the origin of my surname. I mentioned Swiss French, and then casually mentioned finding distant relatives via Ancestry.com. By the way, she had worked on the Stingray while she was an engineer at Harris Corporation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray_phone_tracker
 | The StingRay is an IMSI-catcher, a controversial cellular phone surveillance device, manufactured by Harris Corporation. Initially developed for the military and intelligence community, the StingRay and similar Harris devices are in widespread use by local and state law enforcement agencies across Canada, the United States, and in the United Kingdom. ... en.wikipedia.org |
| *The 23andMe PGS test uses qualitative genotyping to detect select clinically relevant variants in the genomic DNA of adults from saliva for the purpose of reporting and interpreting genetic health risks and reporting carrier status. www.23andme.com |
ATR: So, why is Uncle Sam collecting DNA from folks in immigration custody? Are fingerprints not sufficient to ID someone?
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