Privacy Digest

Colorado sheriff creates roadblock so private firm can demand DNA blood samples: The Gilpin County Sheriff's Office in Colorado, a rural area not that far west of Denver, recently set up a highway checkpoint where motorists were stopped and, at least in some cases, not allowed to leave until they gave breath, blood, and saliva samples for the benefit of a private research firm. A report by Ernie Hancock says the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was involved as well.

A Denver Post article is here:

http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_6922089

More:

• http://cw2.trb.com/news/kwgn-invasive-checkpoint,0,2092732.story
• http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57733
• http://freedomsphoenix.com/Discussion-Page.htm?InfoNo=024006

The Post says the private organization in question is the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, or PIRE, in Calverton, MD. Their Web site seems to be down but can be viewed here:

http://web.archive.org/web/20050826173038/www.pire.org/

(Read Original Article - Via Declan McCullagh's Politech.)