
The FBI is creating a “nation of suspects” by putting every American citizen’s DNA on file, according to shocking claims by a US think tank.
These machines, which are portable and about the same size as a desktop printer, are expected to become as routine a process as taking fingerprints.
But John W. Whitehead from The Rutherford Institute believes it is a sinister development which will make everyone a suspect.
“We are looking at the erosion of the concept of innocent before proven guilty because it will allow police to go on fishing expeditions.
“When you sit on a park bench, you shed DNA. That is now up for grabs by police who could swab it, and run it through a DNA database. If they find a match, or if misconduct occurred anywhere in the vicinity where your DNA was found, you might find yourself charged with a crime you never committed merely because you happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
“Even people who aren’t charged with major crimes could have their DNA put on file.
“People who are just seen as suspicious could have their genetic makeup stored in a criminal database.”
John added that until recently the government was required to adhere to certain restrictions on how, when and where it could access someone’s DNA.
But now it has been changed with the US Supreme Court ruling and heralds in a loss of privacy, he claims.
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