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If you’re a spy or a soldier, and you’re thinking of taking one of those home-based genetic tests for health or genealogical reasons through 23andMe, Ancestry.com and others, you might want to rethink it.
The big omnibus spending package that Congress passed early this week — which President Donald Trump has criticized, demanding changes from Congress — included language that would ask the Government Accountability Office to look at and mitigate risks posed to members of the intelligence community and to soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who may use direct-to-consumer genetic testing by companies that may have ties to China or by the sale of such data to companies owned by Chinese interests.
The fiscal 2021 intelligence authorization measure, which is part of the omnibus spending package, would ask the GAO to look at consumer genetic tests as part of an increased focus on a range of threats posed by China.
www.rollcall.com
Ok. If you are a spy and you are contemplating taking a DNA test for Ancestry (or other), should you really even be in the spy business?
Also, this doesn't apply to any of you lesser people so it can be turned over to law enforcement so they can arrest you.
The big omnibus spending package that Congress passed early this week — which President Donald Trump has criticized, demanding changes from Congress — included language that would ask the Government Accountability Office to look at and mitigate risks posed to members of the intelligence community and to soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who may use direct-to-consumer genetic testing by companies that may have ties to China or by the sale of such data to companies owned by Chinese interests.
The fiscal 2021 intelligence authorization measure, which is part of the omnibus spending package, would ask the GAO to look at consumer genetic tests as part of an increased focus on a range of threats posed by China.
Hey, soldiers and spies — think twice about that home genetic ancestry test - Roll Call
Lawmakers appear to be concerned that China could access genetic and health data of U.S. soldiers and secret agents through home ancestry tests.
Ok. If you are a spy and you are contemplating taking a DNA test for Ancestry (or other), should you really even be in the spy business?
Also, this doesn't apply to any of you lesser people so it can be turned over to law enforcement so they can arrest you.
