posted on March 13, 2004 09:22:31 AM new
Some of the articles at the end of your story which reveal some history of this operation are interesting.
The Deputy Superintende of the Louisiana state police explained that his agency would not participate because of concerns about the security of the records and he questioned the "ever-broadening scope extending far beyound the original counterterrorism mission."
Most disapppointing of all...
...Oxley added that "most disappointing of all" was that Louisiana had to learn from news reports that Seisint's founder, Hank Asher, had admitted piloting flights for cocaine smugglers in the 1980s. Asher has resigned from Seisint's board.
And then there was Poindexter's involvement.
One of Poindexter's own researchers, David D. Jensen at the University of Massachusetts, has acknowledged that "high numbers of false positives can result."
Disturbed by the privacy implications, Congress closed Poindexter's office, part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and barred the agency from continuing nearly all research. Poindexter quit government, claiming his work was misunderstood.
posted on March 13, 2004 12:29:22 PM new
multi-state, what a joke. Only 5 states participate as of now...this little plan is going over like a fart in church so far
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