An army of suspects: the history and constitutionality of the U.S. military's DNA repository and its access for law enforcement purposes. From: Army Lawyer | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2003 Judge Advocate General's School. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Introduction

The Department of Defense (DOD) began to use DNA samples to identify the remains of service members during the first Gulf War in 1991. (2) "Because of problems with obtaining reliable DNA samples during the Gulf War, the DOD began a program to collect and store reference specimens of DNA from members of the active duty and reserve forces." (3) What was then called the "DOD DNA Registry," (4)

   a program within the Armed Forces Institute 
   of pathology, was established pursuant to a 
   December 16, 1991 memorandum of the 
   Deputy Secretary of Defense. Under ...

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