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Advocates of DNA fingerprinting still maintain that the tests are practically foolproof if done properly. "It's not the technology that's being challenged," says John Hicks, a deputy assistant director of the FBI, "but the proficiency of the tester." Unlike traditional fingerprinting, which is done by police experts in official labs, DNA testing is carried out by several private firms that specialize in the technique, and the courts have no direct control over the quality of the work. The tests in the Castro case were performed in 1987 by the oldest and largest company in the business, Lifecodes...
Still, Lifecodes and other DNA-testing companies say they would welcome official standards for their laboratory procedures. Such standards are being developed by the FBI, along with several state governments. If this new industry is adequately regulated, then DNA fingerprinters could once again become reliable witnesses instead of suspects...
...Congress amended the IRS code, making it a felony for the agency to provide or even discuss confidential tax-return information with most outsiders, including the FBI and the Justice Department, without a federal court order. The revised Section 6103 was designed to prevent Executive Branch officials from obtaining tax information on political enemies, Richard Nixon- style. But critics maintain that the reform has turned the IRS, which is possibly the Government's most feared civilian bureaucracy, into an agency that answers...
...Adding 825 new agents to the FBI; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; and the U.S. Marshals Service...
...National Transportation Safety Board and the FBI say it will take months to determine what caused the crash. But that has not stopped a rash of rumors from circulating in Pensacola, a town of 60,000 where Gulf Power is one of the biggest employers. Many thought the crash was caused by either suicide or sabotage and is linked to the investigation. The speculation was fueled by a telephone call made to the local sheriff's office three hours after the plane went down. "You can stop investigating Gulf Power now," said an anonymous caller. "We took care of that...