Matrix: Federally Funded Database Is In Seven States
Did you know about Matrix, the federally funded crime database that is already in seven states that has a "potent repository of personal information?" It looks a lot like the scrapped Pentagon datamining program.
But newly emerging facts about the program, including documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union, indicate it could also be made to sift through vast stores of Americans' personal data some 20 billion records and proactively finger crime and terrorism suspects.
Combining state records with databases owned by Seisint Inc., Matrix details among other things the property, boats and Internet domains people own, their address history, utility connections, bankruptcies, liens and business filings, according to an August report by the Georgia state Office of Homeland Security.
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