Have we officially became a nation of bed-wetters or what?

Enlarging and maintaining a biometric database on U.S. citizens is “important to protect the borders to keep the terrorists out, protect our citizens, our neighbors, our children so they can have good jobs, and have a safe country to live in.”

Kind of a moot argument, isn’t it? I mean since terrorism will always be ongoing from here on out, won’t those same children be located in far off countries, armed, fighting them over there so that we don’t have to here?

The FBI is gearing up to create a massive computer database of people’s physical characteristics, all part of an effort the bureau says to better identify criminals and terrorists.

But it’s an issue that raises major privacy concerns — what one civil liberties expert says should concern all Americans.

The bureau is expected to announce in coming days the awarding of a $1 billion, 10-year contract to help create the database that will compile an array of biometric information — from palm prints to eye scans.