The FBI is spearheading the creation of a biometrics program, called 'Server in the Sky,' with international partners using biometric information — such as irises and palm prints — to create a worldwide database of criminals and terrorists. From The Guardian.

Biometric measurements, irises or palm prints as well as fingerprints, and other personal information are likely to be exchanged across the network. One section will feature the world's most wanted suspects. The database could hold details of millions of criminals and suspects.

The FBI is keen for the police forces of American allies to sign up to improve international security. The Home Office yesterday confirmed it was aware of Server in the Sky, as did the Metropolitan police.

…The FBI is proposing to establish three categories of suspects in the shared system: "internationally recognised [sic] terrorists and felons", those who are "major felons and suspected terrorists", and finally those who the subjects of terrorist investigations or criminals with international links. 

The computer technology is created by the U.S. defense company Northrop Grumman. 

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