Comment Re:From Someone Who Works In This Lab (Score 1) 206
I mean sure there are other ways of doing things. But what if they are wearing a mask. Or what if they were wearing gloves/the dye pack in the bills didn't go off. Or what if they have been gone for a while. Here is another example: what if there is an unsolved crime without up-front forensic data and you find someone who may help you guide your investigation. You ask them questions and slowly start to build a set of information that guides your re-opened investigation. You then use the newly gathered forensic data and the methodology of acquiring that information to build a case. Like I have said this whole time, this is just another tool for law enforcement to use - I am not advocating getting rid of other technologies. It is just a very useful way of getting concealed information out of people. --Alex Soko