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Annie Jacobsen tells the tale of a platoon, war crimes and biometric data.

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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to investigative reporter Annie Jacobsen, author of the new book,First Platoon, about how the U.S. has employed the use of biometric data during warfare.

Dutton toggle caption Dutton First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance, by Annie Jacobsen Dutton It's common knowledge that the FBI has a database of people's fingerprints. Many local police have their databases, too. And so, it turns out, does the United States military. American forces have been gathering biometric data on the people they encounter in war zones for years. It's a way to tell the good guys from the bad – though investigative reporter Annie Jacobsen argues it doesn't always work. In a book called First P...

Listen • 6:17 em First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance, /em by Annie Jacobsen It's common knowledge that the FBI has a database of people's fingerprints. Many local police have their databases, too. And so, it turns out, does the United States military. American forces have been gathering biometric data on the people they encounter in war zones for years. It's a way to tell the good guys from the bad – though investigative reporter Annie Jacobsen argues it doesn't always work. In a book called First Platoon, Jacobsen follows the lives...