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FBI Prepares Vast Database Of Biometrics


$1 Billion Project to Include Images of Irises and Faces


CLARKSBURG, W. Va. -- The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion effort to build the world's largest computer database of peoples' physical characteristics, a project that would give the government unprecedented abilities to identify individuals in the United States and abroad.


Highly accurate face-scanning cameras are being developed.