Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Airstrip One

Never mind the cameras on every corner, the gun bans, the proposed knife bans, or the measures to monitor every car, now a UK judge wants every single UK citizen and visitor to be DNA traced:


"All UK 'must be on DNA database'

Lord Justice Sedley
Lord Justice Sedley is a senior appeal court judge

Judge's comments
The whole population and every UK visitor should be added to the national DNA database, a senior judge has said.

The present database in England and Wales holds details of 4m people who are guilty or cleared of a crime.

Lord Justice Sedley said this was indefensible and biased against ethnic minorities, and it would be fairer to include everyone, guilty or innocent.

Ministers said DNA helped tackle crime, but there were no plans for a voluntary national or compulsory UK database."

Can you say slippery-slope boys and girls?

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