ARMY AL&T
Three PM DOD Biometrics systems are used to collect biometric data in Afghanistan and Iraq: Biometric Automated Toolset (BAT), Hand- Held Interagency Identity Detection Equipment (HIIDE), and BISA. BAT was developed in 1999 to deal with issues in the Balkans in which local nationals would cause problems on a U.S. installation, be removed, and barred from reentry, only to move to another installation and cause similar problems. U.S. officials did not have a system to establish and share history of individuals causing recurring problems on U.S. bases. Personnel at the Army’s Battle Command Battle Laboratory, Fort Huachuca, AZ, responded with the BAT, a system consisting of a laptop computer with identification processing software and peripheral devices including a hand-held iris scanner, digital camera, and fingerprint reader. The laptops con- nect to a series of servers that ensure regular updates of vital biometric records. BAT collects and compares fingerprints, iris images, and facial photos used to enroll, identify, and track non-U.S. persons of interest to DOD.
The HIIDE, introduced in 2007, is a small hand-held, multimodal (iris, fingerprint, face) biometric collec- tion and matching device. It is more portable than BAT, and it collects biometric, biographical, and contex- tual data on persons of interest and
PVT Marcus Lewis, 1st Platoon, Dog Co., 1/503rd Airborne Infantry, 173rd BCT, uses the HIIDE biometrics system to fi ngerprint a man in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 2, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by SPC Deyonte Mosley.)
matches it against an internal database, downloaded directly from the BAT via a tether. The system visually indi- cates whether the identified person is on a watch list and can create tracking reports of biometric encounters for later intelligence analysis. It provides mobile identification solutions that enable Soldiers to identify and enroll subjects in the field quickly and accurately.
As mentioned earlier, BISA is a force protection device that collects multi- modal biometric and biographical information to produce a biometrically enabled smartcard or personal identifi- cation number badge to manage access of U.S.-controlled facilities in Iraq. BISA incorporates finger- print verification, iris matching, and palm print collection.
Biometrics Example
PFC Logan Ayala takes in-processing “detainee” SPC Matthew Poore’s image for the BAT system during training for Headquarters and Head- quarters Co., 705th Military Police Internment and Resettlement (I/R) Battalion, at the I/R training facility, Fort Leavenworth, KS. (Photo by Prudence Siebert, Fort Leavenworth Lamp.)
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In one example of biometric systems at work, a local national employee of a contrac- tor company regularly comes through the base gates of an overseas
U.S. military facility, along with hun- dreds of others. Because he works on a U.S. installation, his fingerprints, iris, and photo images are recorded and sent to the ABIS v1.0 database in the United States. To gain access to the U.S. installation, he presents a biomet- rically enabled badge for base access, which is scanned by BISA, along with his fingerprint.
Months later, an Army patrol raids a suspected insurgent safe house. Family members are evacuated and Soldiers record their fingerprints, facial photos, and iris scans while other Soldiers search the house. Everything appears normal until investigators discover a hidden room with evidence of bomb- making activity. Everyone in the house is taken to a detention center where they are questioned and deny any knowledge of the hidden room.
The Soldiers confiscate everything in the hidden room and the forensics team discovers fingerprints on the bomb-making materials. Reports from DOD-ABIS indicate the fingerprints are from two people, one who was arrested during the raid. The bomb maker is separated from the rest of the household and detained. With the
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