DNA and fingerprint records of suspected terrorists deleted.

[sun.and.rain]

Doh!

"Steps are being taken to address these issues".

How?

[Smollet]

Don't bother taking them in the first place. Can't lose what you haven't got.

[TeamD]

Have they never heard of taking backups?

[Funk]

TeamD said:

Have they never heard of taking backups?

Staggering isn't it?

[rohrl]

Read the story.

It's not the case that the records were accidentally lost or deleted. The police didn't complete the paperwork correctly so the fingerprints couldn't be legally retained.

[voyds9]

Something wrong with a system that lets you retain the fingerprints of the innocent but have to destroy them for a clerical error.

[Jasandjules]

voyds9 said:

Something wrong with a system that lets you retain the fingerprints of the innocent

EFA.