UK mulling a national DNA base

[theHandpuppet]

Boy, now here's something that gives me the willies. Would folks in the UK really be so willing to approve a mandatory, national DNA base? So "model citizens" would have nothing to fear, eh?

http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/-DNA-tests-call-for.3808671.jp

DNA tests call for everyone in the UK
By LINDSAY McINTOSH
Top policeman's demand as chef is jailed for 34 years for the sadistic killing of Sally Anne Bowman.

A NATIONAL database storing every citizen's DNA should be set up, it was claimed last night, after science secured the conviction of teenage model Sally Anne Bowman's killer.

Detective Superintendent Stuart Cundy, who led the hunt for Sally Anne's killer, said that having every citizen's DNA on file would speed up arrests and cut down offending.

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The Scottish Government is reviewing the law north of the Border, where police have to destroy DNA taken from suspects who are not convicted, other than those accused of a sexual or violent offence. In England, all suspects' samples are kept.

Paul Martin, MSP, Scottish Labour's community safety spokesman, said "model citizens" would have nothing to fear from having their DNA held on a national database and he called for a debate on the issue...

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[SoCalDem]

1. read "The Blooding".. The UK has been doing this for a long time

and it does not surprise me that they would go the extra distance to do it everywhere..

They have cameras everywhere, so why not DNA?