DNA Testing on Terrorists
Guantanamo Bay has been the centre of controversy, with questions over whether suspects are being held legitimately, could DNA testing help?
The identification of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay has been an ongoing issue. Human rights lawyers have expressed concern that prisoners have been held without access to a fair trial. Back in 2002, the US authorities used DNA testing to obtain DNA samples from detainees in an attempt to identify them correctly.
DNA testing on Prisoners in Afghanistan
DNA testing was also used on prisoners in Afghanistan to uncover their identities. FBI Director Robert Mueller said in 2002 at Camp X-Ray that some identities of prisoners were simply not known. This raised huge concerns for human rights campaigners who were concerned that innocent suspects were being held in inhumane conditions. Interrogations in the camp have led to much controversy about the way American and British troops treated the inmates. DNA testing is one way of identifying the suspects who were hard to classify because many of the prisoners only knew each other by their aliases.
DNA Testing - Tracking Terrorists
DNA testing by taking a simple mouth swab from the suspects is one way of identifying detainees and keeping track of suspects involved in future acts of terrorism. DNA testing has also been used extensively by the military to identify and confirm deaths of Al Qaeda suspects targeted in Afghanistan. Over the years there have been reports that deaths of suspects in Afghanistan could in fact be Osama Bin Laden. The US has been seeking DNA samples from the family of the terror suspect Osama Bin Laden for years. DNA testing could be the key in confirming whether any dead suspects could be identified as Bin Laden.
DNA Database and Civil Liberties
The US proposed the creation of a DNA database of terrorism suspects back in 2002, but the proposal is controversial amongst civil liberty groups. It is illegal in the UK to take DNA samples for DNA testing without consent. In July 2007 however the British Home Office released proposals for new anti-terror measures. The proposals included new data-sharing powers among the police and intelligence agencies, including a statutory basis for the police counter-terrorist DNA database. DNA testing is a central tool in forensic crime and considered by many to be central in the fight against terrorism.
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