Law enforcement officials are moving forward with a controversial antiterrorism database on the state level as the federal government is expanding the amount of information collected and retained about private citizens. This week, authorities disclosed that the state of Wisconsin had joined the Multistate Antiterrorism Information Exchange, known by the science-fiction film acronym “the Matrix,” enabling officials there to log on and conduct digital dragnets for information about any person.
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Dragnet Database and New Laws Erode Civil Liberties, Lawyers Say
Posted by: Gene J. Koprowski March 10, 2004 07:28 AMLaw enforcement officials are moving forward with a controversial antiterrorism database on the state level as the federal government is expanding the amount of information collected and retained about private citizens. This week, authorities disclosed that the state of Wisconsin had joined the Multistate Antiterrorism Information Exchange, known by the science-fiction film acronym “the Matrix,” enabling officials there to log on and conduct digital dragnets for information about any person.