[cookcounty]

" I asked this in another thread, but how could they track this guy's prints like that? From what I read, he didn't have a criminal record. "

You don't need a criminal record to have your fingerprints with the FBI. Mine went there 3 different times for 3 different reasoms, and I have never been remotely part of a criminal investigation:

They got my prints:

When I went into the Army,
When I worked briefly for the Dept of Corrections
When I worked for an Airline and needed an airport ID.

[jaime1959]

Thanks to you and others for all the replies. The second part of my question is: does law enforcement have the capability to search a database or databases of ALL known prints on record, for whatever reason? I guess it does, but such a search must require a supercomputer or two to get timely results.

[KC Burke]

Didn't you have to get printed for that other job?

I was certain that it was a mandatory requirement if you were a Tail-Gunner on a Budweiser Truck.

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