[upchuck]

The computer system operated by federal authorities, as of Aug. 31, contained 867,082 digitized images, primarily from ballistic evidence culled from crime scenes. So far, the more than 200 state, local and federal crime laboratories that use the system have gotten 12,000 "hits," or matches.

Damned liberal press. How many of these hits have resulted in an arrest? And how many of the arrests have turned into convictions?

How convenient to omit this critical information. SLIMES!!

[coloradan]

How many of the 12,000 matches were correct. The FBI is known to have recovered a bullet from a murder victim, and a gun from a suspect, and then tried hard to get a "match". Usually, they are successful - the FBI always gets their man. (Just ask Richard Jewell, or possibly Steven Hatfill.)