Editing Adrian Lamo (section)

===DNA controversy===
[[File:Adrian Lamo bus station.jpg|thumb|right|Lamo in San Francisco in 2006]]
On May 9, 2006, 18 months into a two-year probation sentence, Lamo refused to give the [[Federal government of the United States|United States government]] a blood sample it had demanded to record his [[DNA]] in its [[Combined DNA Index System|CODIS]] system.<ref>
{{cite magazine
| last=Poulsen
| first=Kevin
| author-link=Kevin Poulsen
| title=Feds Want Hacker's Genetic Code
| magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]
| date=May 10, 2006
| url=https://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/05/70869
| access-date=January 21, 2006}}
</ref> According to his attorney at the time, Lamo had a religious objection to giving blood but was willing to give his DNA in another form. On June 15, 2006, Lamo's lawyers filed a motion citing the [[Book of Genesis]] as one basis for Lamo's religious opposition to giving blood.

On June 20, 2007, Lamo's legal counsel reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]] whereby Lamo would submit a [[cheek swab]] instead of a blood sample.<ref>
{{cite magazine
| last=Poulsen
| first=Kevin
| author-link=Kevin Poulsen
| title=Hacker Adrian Lamo Wins, Won't Have to Give the FBI His Blood
| magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]
| date=June 21, 2007
| url=https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2007/06/hacker-adrian-l/
| access-date=March 18, 2018}}
</ref>