FBI preps award for biometric database
http://www.thestate.com/technology-wire/story/307844.html
Center for Identification Technology Research [pdf]
http://www.citer.wvu.edu/
CBC Archives: The Long Lens of the Law
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-75-1299/science_technology/police_cameras_privacy/
Biometrics.gov [pdf]
http://www.biometrics.gov/
Latent Print Examination
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Since September 11, 2001 the U.S. government has been actively searching for ways to improve surveillance at airports and U.S. borders. The Electronic Frontier Foundation is concerned that biometric technologies are being promoted as the silver bullet when very little independent, objective scientific testing of biometrics has been done. This evolving website discusses what is known and raises...