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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]The DNA library also includes any military personnel who have served since 1992, and those samples can and are used in criminal and paternity investigations.[/quote]

Apparently Wint was a marine, so that probably explains his DNA being in the library.[/quote]

Jeff, the posts about this "library" are both factually wrong in general and complete speculation in this particular case.  I'd remove these posts.[/quote]

I don't know about the library, but a washington post article refers to him as an exmarine [/quote]

I have no issue with the ex-marine part.  It's the DNA database part I take issue with, as I can assure you the posts above are factually incorrect.  This is something I know a lot about.[/quote]

Okay, then maybe you can explain this:

http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,FL_dna_041503,00.html

Quote: The lab also sees use during peacetime for identification of military personnel killed in accidents, and is used in some paternity cases and criminal investigations.

I would love to hear that the military DNA database is NOT used for criminal investigations, but that is not the impression that we as active duty personnel have. (USN here.)[/quote]

The specimens are not routinely used that way, because that's not the purpose of the collection.  I don't have specific knowledge of how many times it may have been used that way, but I think there are a lot of legal hoops to jump through to make that happen.[/quote]

To add: Note that the quote you posted states "The lab" not "The specimens".  The referenced lab itself has done non-military DNA casework at times - 9/11 identifications, space shuttle Columbia, commercial aircraft crashes, etc.[/quote]

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