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This just in to my attention: http://www.plastic.com/article.html;sid=03/08/07/05215530 "The MATRIX (short for Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange) database enables investigators to find patterns and links among people by combining police records with commercially available collections of personal information about most American adults. The system began operating in Florida over a year ago and is used by at least 135 police agencies. The Justice Department has provided $4 million to expand the Matrix program nationally and will provide the computer network for information-sharing among the states, according to documents and interviews. The Department of Homeland Security has pledged $8 million, state officials said," MrTripps writes. "The project was created by Hank Asher, founder of Seisint Inc. In 1999, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI suspended information-service contracts with an earlier Asher-run company due to his involvement in a drug smuggeling operation. Another player is former Secret Service head Brian Stafford who recently went to work as a senior executive at Seisint._ _ _ _ _ The original Post article on August 5, in the Washington Post TechNews.com section: U.S. Backs Florida's New Counterterrorism Database 'Matrix' Offers Law Agencies Faster Access to Americans' Personal Records By Robert O'Harrow Jr. Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, August 6, 2003; Page A01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21872-2003Aug5.html
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