Editing Biometrics (section)

===Likelihood of full governmental disclosure===
Certain members of the civilian community are worried about how biometric data is used but full disclosure may not be forthcoming. In particular, the Unclassified Report of the United States' Defense Science Board Task Force on Defense Biometrics states that it is wise to protect, and sometimes even to disguise, the true and total extent of national capabilities in areas related directly to the conduct of security-related activities.<ref name="OnDefenseBiometrics">{{Citation |mode=cs1
 |last        = Defense Science Board
 |title       = On Defense Biometrics
 |series      = Unclassified Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force
 |publisher   = Office of the Under Secretary of Defense For Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
 |date        = March 2007
 |place       = Washington, D.C.
 |chapter-url         = http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/ADA465930.pdf
 |access-date  = 20 February 2010
 |page        = 84
 |chapter     = Chapter 17 §Recommendation 45
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110613155549/http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/ADA465930.pdf
 |archive-date = 13 June 2011}}</ref> This also potentially applies to Biometrics. It goes on to say that this is a classic feature of intelligence and military operations. In short, the goal is to preserve the security of '[[Intelligence assessment|sources and methods]]'.