Thursday, September 11, 2003

LawMeme: "Enter the Matrix (If You're Not Already There)

Posted by Steven Wu on Wednesday, August 06 @ 10:43:53 EDT
In yet another demonstration of government officials' penchant for really bad names, federal and Florida law enforcement officials have unveiled a new database known as the Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange, a.k.a the Matrix:
Organizers said the system, dubbed Matrix, enables investigators to find patterns and links among people and events faster than ever before, combining police records with commercially available collections of personal information about most American adults. It would let authorities, for instance, instantly find the name and address "

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