Biometric Scans Find U.S. Crooks in Iraq, Afghanistan

Since 9/11, the U.S. government has fingerprinted, iris-scanned, and face-captured hundreds of thousands of people in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Horn of Africa. Some have been insurgents or detainees; some prospective policemen, or just ordinary folks looking to get back into their homes. "Hundreds have turned out to share an unexpected background, FBI and military officials tell the Washington Post. "They have criminal arrest records in the United States."