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--- Begin Message --- -Caveat Lector-The German magazine Telepolis-online has a story on Matrix: Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange Program today.http://www.telepolis.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/17467/1.html
They seem to be more interested in the owner whom they call a dubious/shady figure: *Hank Asher*He worked as an informers for DEA, CIA and FBI they write.He had his fingers in the Florida vote cleaning affair: his firm handled the "criminals list":DBT, he had to sell it in 1999 when it became known he was involved in drug smuggling. The firm was sold to Choice Point. ...
Incidentally in the Madrid bombing case also two informers of different Spanish legal authorities have surfaced. One got stuff for the bombs supposedly from the mining firm he worked for a year ago. Somehow it was explosives for "shit". Problem is the owner says no explosives are missing. But according to the tests that's were the explosives comes from.
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( On 21 May 2004 at 15:17, Sean McBride wrote:
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/21/national/21database.html?th=&pagewanted=print&position=>> The New York Times>> May 21, 2004> Database Tagged 120,000 as Possible Terrorist> Suspects> By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS>>> The Associated Press> Before helping to start the criminal information project known as Matrix, a database contractor> gave United States and Florida authorities the names of 120,000 people who showed a statistical> likelihood of being terrorists, resulting in some investigations and arrests.> The "high terrorism factor" scoring system also became a critical selling point for the involvement> of the database company, Seisint Inc., in the project.> Public records obtained by The Associated Press from several states show that Justice> Department officials cited the scoring technology in appointing Seisint the sole contractor on the> $12 million federal project.> Seisint and the law enforcement officials who oversee Matrix insist that the terrorism scoring> system was ultimately kept out of the project, largely because of privacy concerns.> But new details about Seisint's development of the "terrorism quotient," including the revelation> that the authorities apparently acted on the list of 120,000, are raising questions about Matrix's> potential power.> "Assuming they have in fact abandoned the terrorist quotient, there's nothing that stops them from> bringing it back," said Barry Steinhardt, director of the technology and liberty program at the> American Civil Liberties Union, which learned about the list of 120,000 through its own records> request in Utah.> Matrix, short for Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange, combines state records and data> culled by Seisint to give investigators fast access to information on crime and terrorism suspects.> It was begun in 2002.> Because the system includes information on innocent people as well as known criminals, Matrix> has drawn objections from liberal and conservative privacy groups. Utah and at least eight other> states have pulled out, leaving Connecticut, Florida, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania still in the> program.> Officials involved with Matrix have said that the statistical method was removed from the final> product. "I'll put my 26 years of law enforcement experience on the line," said Mark Zadra, chief> investigator for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. "It is not in there."> Mr. Zadra said that Matrix, which has four billion records, merely speeds access to material that> the police have always been able to get from disparate sources and that it did not automatically> identify suspects.> Bill Shrewsbury, a Seisint executive and former federal drug agent, said the terrorism scoring> algorithm that produced the names was "put on the shelf" after it was demonstrated after Sept.> 11, 2001.> The scoring incorporated such factors as age, sex, ethnicity, credit history, "investigational data,"> information about pilot and driver licenses, and connections to "dirty" addresses known to have> been used by other suspects.>> Copyright 2004The New York Times Company | Home | Privacy Policy | Search | Corrections |> Help | Back to Top>>> Yahoo! Groups Sponsor>> ADVERTISEMENT> click here>>>>>>>> Yahoo! Groups Links> * To visit your group on the web, go to:> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/political-research/>> * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.>
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