Swabbing also should not be used to test for nonsecurity-related contraband, such as drugs, he said.

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But swabbing hands does not, by itself, raise civil liberty problems, Stanley said.

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Some have taken to swabbing the armpits and groins of all wounded patients to see if they are colonized or infected by the bacteria.

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The first test they carried out was one used by most government authorities, which involves swabbing an earring with a solution containing ammonia and dimethylglyocime.

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Today they'll be swabbing the holes from three bullet wounds.

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Is it kind of a swabbing?

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Security experts consulted by CNN said swabbing hands is a good move, and privacy advocates said they support the new swabbing protocols, provided the agency tests only for security-related objects and does not discriminate when it selects people to be tested.

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There are those that say that the best minds our country have to offer have no place swabbing urinals and bleaching vomit, that they burn themselves and slip on the floor, that they try and use the wrong end of the plunger and cry all the time.

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