|  |  | FBI Prepares Vast Database Of Biometrics www.washingtonpost.com — 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. Digital images of faces, fingerprints and palm patterns are already flowing into FBI systems.More... (World News) Comments Email Added 2007-12-22 11:40:08 FirstDigg