Expanded DNA Testing

My latest column on the promise and perils of DNA testing is available at Gotham Gazette.

You can view the article here.

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According to the AP, in an article today - Federal law enforcement will begin collecting DNA (via a cheek swab) from all individuals it arrests, and from any foreign national it detains.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080416/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/dna_collection

The whole debate has me wondering - is it possible to make technology which would make it possible to collect a limited DNA sample which serve the "fingerprint" purpose, making a definitive match for identity, without the the expansive privacy intrusion into all the genetic information that DNA contains?