Dec 20, 2010 12:44 PM

American police adopting Iraqi counterinsurgency tech

*Or, in this case, iris scanners.

"Military technology has a tendency to trickle down to civilian applications, as evidenced by the fact that you’re reading this story on the internet that Darpa helped create." That's tellin' em, DANGER ROOM.

https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/12/your-local-cops-now-use-iraqs-iris-scanners/

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