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Fingerprints

no big deal

Having read your editorial

“An Issue of Rights” in the Aug. 6 edition of the Rappahannock News, I could not let such narrow-minded thinking on the subject of fingerprinting stand without some rebuttal.

What is the big deal about having your fingerprints on file in the FBI database? Are those concerned planning a crime? Maybe not everyone realizes that millions of law abiding citizens have their fingerprints on file with the FBI.

Every person that has served in the military, civil service, law enforcement, any employees working for companies that do work for the government that is defense related, space program related, special high tech research and development and other fields that require a security clearance all have their fingerprints permanently on file with the FBI. I do not feel that my “rights” have been infringed because my prints are in the FBI database.

Now let’s look at the benefits side of the issue. If we

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