The FBI plans to award a multi-billion dollar contract for the biometric database this week. The Next Generation Identification database is expected to include palm prints, iris scans, and facial-recognition images of criminals, terrorists, and foreign visitors to the U.S. Privacy advocates say the project must be vetted by Congress to be sure it doesn’t violate citizens’ rights. Lockheed Martin, which developed and maintains the FBI’s fingerprint database, and Northrop Grumman and IBM are all competing for the massive contract.”]
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