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The FBI quietly developed a facial recognition network that allows law enforcement to identify people in the United States without their knowledge.。

Now lawmakers want to know why the agency didn't tell people about it. 。

"Why did the FBI not fulfill the requirement of the law?" asked House Oversight Committee chairman Jason Chaffetz at a hearing on Wednesday.。

The FBI didn't let citizens know the agency was collecting photos from motor vehicle departments, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office. And 。 a lot。of people can be found on law enforcement facial recognition networks -- around half of American adults, according to a study from Georgetown University's Center on Privacy and Technology.。

At the hearing, House members hit on a bunch of topics with Kimberly Del Greco, the FBI's deputy assistant director of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division. 。

Here are three of the most alarming issues from the hearing.。

Here are three of the most alarming issues from the hearing.
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Racial profiling。

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“If you’re black, you’re more likely to be subjected to this technology, and the technology is more likely to be wrong," he said. "That’s a hell of a combination.” Illegal immigration
。Chaffetz was angry that the FBI didn't disclose its program to the public, but he seemed OK with it being used to single out undocumented immigrants. His comments from early in the hearing, via。

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people that are here illegally。

, maybe those are the types of things that we should be focused on." 。

, maybe those are the types of things that we should be focused on."。

Jason Chaffetz, looking grumpy.Credit: Reynolds/Epa/REX/Shutterstock。

Government overreach
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Rep. Paul Mitchell, a Republican from Michigan, seemed personally offended by the lack of disclosure. 。

"I wasn't informed that when my driver's license was renewed, my photograph was going to be in a repository that could be searched by law enforcement across the country," he said.。

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