Fears About DNA Testing Proposal. A proposal to collect and store the DNA of people who might be terrorists is buried in Patriot Act II. Civil rights advocates warn it could be used on political protesters as well as people of Middle Eastern descent under the guise of preventing 'domestic terrorism.' [Wired News]
This is a story every freedom loving person must read. Life is indeed imitating science fiction. Those who have not read any science fiction ought to read books by Gibson, Stephenson, and of course Orwell. I think we humans are destined to condemn ourselves to the hell we create - no, the hell our leaders create for us.
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