Biometrics, Military Intelligence and International terror groups

Intelligence: Pakistan Gets It (Strategy Page)

...[T]hree years ago the U.S. revealed that many terrorists it arrests, or kills, in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere around the world, already had arrest records in the United States and other nations. They knew this because early on in the war on terror, the Department of Defense adopted many practices that major police departments have long taken for granted, and that Pakistan is just now coming to appreciate.

One of the more useful techniques used by the American military to build its database is biometrics.

International Affairs, military style, with an "it's about people" thread.