National DNA Database
ì Recent Government spending on the NDNAD will mean that by 2004, it will hold over 3 million suspect samples ó virtually the entire criminally active population.
ìBritain leads the world in the use of DNA technology to bring criminals to justice. The NDNAD ó now up to one million samples ó is a vital weapon in the law enforcement arsenal, helping to remove thousands of repeat criminals from circulation.î ñ Charles Clarke MP
What the government tells you is on the database: ìSuspectsí DNA profiles have been matched to those from a whole range of crimes ó from murder, manslaughter and rape, to burglary and car crime.î
And what it omits to tell you: ìtraffic offencesÖspeedingÖ.breach of the peaceî ñ Lothian & Borders Police ìThe Death of Privacyî, BBC2, 9 January, 2000