FBI

It's been the FBI's dream for years -- to do near-instant DNA analysis using mobile equipment in the field -- and now "Rapid DNA" gear is finally here.

Thanks to the FBI, the United States government will soon have a nationwide system in place capable of monitoring and identifying “persons of interest” virtually anywhere. The Next Generation Identification (NGI) system is designed to aid the FBI in tracking down and capturing criminals.

The FBI issued a press release at the end of July that hardly sent a ripple. You probably didn't notice--which is ironic, considering the release caps more than a decade of hard work and more than $1 billion in taxpayer dollars spent. The end of a story so fraught with miscommunication, incompetence and failed oversight that the entire debacle would have been a shoo-in for the most flagrant waste of taxpayer dollars since, well, ever--except that the project was turned around, put back on track and is now live thanks to the fact that it was rescued by following an agile software development methodology.

While busts like with Operation Card Shop are bound to make cyber-crooks more cautious, the undercover operations are still seen as necessary