CDR: Re: why should it be trusted?

[David Honig]

At 07:47 AM 10/18/00 -0400, William H. Geiger III wrote:
>In <a04310112b612a9fd890a@[207.111.241.32]>, on 10/17/00 
>   at 08:08 PM, Tim May <tcmay at got.net> said:
>
>>On the other hand, having heard that even getting a simple blood or 
>>saliva sample requires court action, I expect you are once again  merely
>>hand-waving.

Remember that saliva samples can be sold to the public as
'as invasive as a fingerprint'.

>Actually it is rather common practice for various jails/prisons to take
>blood samples from everyone who stays long enough to be "processed" (by
>processed I mean someone who is staying more than a couple of hours
>waiting for bail). This is done for health reasons (aids, hepatitis, name
>your disease here, testing), because of this the samples are taken from
>everyone regardless of the crime accused of or convicted.  

What about the folks with religious aversions towards
needles?  Quarantine?