From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

Talking points for 2016.

Hello again, I'm Orinalny, and this is a special year-end edition of To the Point.

Every day, we bring you a talking point about an issue or an event that's helping define

the national conversation, even though it's not leading the news.

Today, a collection of our favorites.

In this tumultuous year for American politics, that wasn't the only thing to talk about.

We'll hear how technology is changing everything from police work to cyber warfare to

understanding genetics.

We'll go to Honduras for a good news story. Gang violence is on the decline.

We'll speak with a civilian hero of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

And we'll talk with E.J. Deion, who says the right went wrong when the Republican Party helped create Donald Trump. First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Mormon Alney, back with this year's best talking points from To the Point.

When police need participants in lineups to help victims of crime identify suspects,

they've always had to ask for permission. Not anymore.

This fall, the Georgetown Law School's Hunter on Privacy and technology published findings that half of all American adults are in police facial recognition networks.

We spoke with the Center's executive director, Alvaro Bedoya. Thanks so much for joining us.

Thanks for having me. Give us the background on this. How did all of these

files, or all of these pictures, I should say, get into the police files in the first place,

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