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Supporters, Critics Debate DNA Database Expansion
By Liza Porteus

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,86390,00.html

WASHINGTON — A Bush administration plan to expand federal DNA databases by compelling virtually anyone arrested to give up their genetic code has sparked debate between supporters who say it will solve more cases and critics who insist it is too intrusive.

The plan would, among other things, give law enforcement better tools to analyze rape kits and other "cold case" evidence that has gone unexamined for years, identify missing people, exonerate those wrongly accused or convicted of crimes and conduct more DNA analysis of samples from possible offenders. It also aims to reduce the DNA backlogs currently facing many law enforcement agencies.

The Justice Department (search) version currently being finalized with leaders of the Senate and House Judiciary committees would commit more than $1 billion over the next five years to the plan, which would extend to all levels of the criminal justice system.

"The president is committed to realizing the full potential of DNA technology to solve crime and protect the innocent," Attorney General John Ashcroft said in announcing the plan in March.

But civil rights and privacy groups have slammed elements of the proposal they say gives the government too much information.

"We are steadily heading toward a situation where the government takes everybody's DNA without any controls," said Jay Stanley, communications director of the Technology and Liberty Program at the American Civil Liberties Union (search).

"We're heading toward a situation where the government has incredible personal bodily information about everybody that cannot only track you … but it's incredibly revealing about your body, your future health and characteristics of your family members," Stanley said.

DNA contains a wealth of genetic information that can tell researchers about someone's physical makeup.

Currently, 23 states require all convicted felons to provide DNA samples. State DNA databases, along with the National DNA Index System at the FBI, are all part of a coordinated system of local, state and national databases known as the Combined DNA Index System (search).

The system contains myriad forensic evidence from crime scenes and DNA profiles. Supporters say multiple unsolved crimes can be linked to a single felon by comparing profiles in these computer systems.

The administration argues states with aggressive DNA databases have much higher rates of matching evidence to convicted offenders in the combined database than those states with more limited DNA requirements.

If enacted, the president's plan would allow California, Louisiana, Texas and Virginia — states that have set the bar on aggressive use of DNA — to take DNA from anyone arrested on criminal charges. The Justice Department says it's up to other states whether they want to expand their databases this far.

The measure would also make sure the DNA of juvenile offenders is entered into the national DNA index.

Critics say that simply goes too far.

"It's very troubling when people who are arrested would have to give up their DNA. Those people are simply innocent until proven guilty," said forensic science expert Larry Kobilinsky at John Jay College. "The question is, will they get their DNA back? Will they have their profiles entered into a database? In a way, it's providing the state with evidence and if you commit a crime in the future, they've got you."

Louisiana passed a law in 1997 authorizing DNA testing of those just arrested for sex offenses and other violent crimes, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Texas passed a law in 2001 allowing collection of post-indictment DNA samples from those charged with certain sexual assaults and kidnapping.

Last year, Virginia lawmakers approved a bill requiring a DNA sample taken from every person arrested for a violent felony. A provision in the law would expunge the sample if the suspect is acquitted or the case dismissed.

Virginia, which has been collecting DNA from all convicted felons since 1990, has more than 189,000 DNA profiles in its databases and averaged 37 hits per month in 2002. Of the 1,070 hits Virginia has had to date, the Justice Department estimates about 82 percent would have been missed if the databases were only limited to violent offenders.

But with the increased collections, some have questioned whether the FBI can handle a bigger computer system than it already has.

The Justice Department's inspector general is now examining the FBI lab unit that analyzes DNA in hundreds of cases each year after a lab technician was caught not following proper procedure. The probe has led to some changes inside the DNA unit.

Some local crime labs that work with the FBI have also been cited for irregularities in their DNA testing.

"The FBI will be able to handle it," Kobilinsky said. "It'll increase their backlog because it will increase the number of samples entered. But in the long term, increasing the database means it's more likely unsolved crimes will be solved."
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Could genetic engineering have contributed inadvertently to creating the SARS virus?
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CUM304A.html )
The growing global epidemic of Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has been pinned down to a Corona virus. The disease has spread rapidly from its first appearance in China and impacted heavily on Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Toronto, Canada. The disease agent was identified as a Corona virus with a unique RNA sequence not directly related to known human and animal viruses (1)
None of the early reports have acknowledged the large body of reports on the genetic manipulation of Corona viruses in the laboratory nor have they considered the possibility that the unique virus arose as a laboratory accident or purposeful experiment. I have searched out a number of studies on the genetic manipulation of Corona viruses and describe a few such studies below. Corona virus from a disease of pigs that produces symptoms similar to SARS has been manipulated to create a viral vector to propagate foreign genes (2). The Corona virus coat protein genes have been manipulated to alter the tropism (species attacked by the virus) of the virus (3). The gene for the pig corona virus coat protein (controlling viral tropism) was propagated in tobacco plants (4).

Prodigene, a company specializing in production of crop biopharmaceuticals in College Station, Texas, also produced an edible vaccine for swine corona virus and information on whether or not that product was the one being field tested in a disastrous field test has been deemed confidential information. http://www8.techmall.com/techdocs/TS000215-6.html

I've done some basic research and found that companies in the US like Prodigene are doing atrocious experiments with various plants and animals and all of these are generating extremely volatile toxins and diseases. They have been identified as the perpretrators of the biological 'Three Mile Island' due to failed experiments in the US Corn Belt. What's truly frightening is that Prodigene is connected with the Bush Administration.

http://belgium.indymedia.org/news/2003/05/61166.php

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At the beginning of 2003 In full 'war on terrorism' the CIA launched a campaign to recruit chinese spies for CIA
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2724333.stm

Large notices declaring "Happy New Year" in Chinese characters have been placed in newspapers and magazines in American cities with big Chinese communities : The advert goes on to ask readers to help the CIA "stay true to our global focus" by joining the spy network. "Just as the Year of the [Goat] is centred on a strong and clear motivation for peace, harmony and tranquillity during challenging times, we are equally intent on our mission to safeguard America and its people.
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• SARS might soothe global deflation fears — APFN, Sat May 10 04:30