Trump's FBI inks contract to vastly expand and centralize its biometric surveillance and data-collection capabilities

Will pay defense contractor $128 million a year to upgrade the system, but don't worry, it's all to 'keep America safe'

We are living in the midst of a historic, accelerating convergence of biometric surveillance and national security infrastructure, capable of sweeping up endless reams of personal data on immigrants and Americans alike.

In the latest evidence of that trend, Biometric Update reports that the FBI has awarded a $128 million one-year contract to a company ca…