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MATRIX FOIA Request to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (01/30/2004)
Request from the ACLU to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation regarding The specifications for the MATRIX, including, but not limited to documents regarding storage capacities, throughput (e.g. number of identity files processed per hour), types of computers used, and user manuals.

MATRIX FOIA Request to Oregon State Police (01/26/2004)
Request from the ACLU to Oregon's State Police regarding The specifications for the MATRIX, including, but not limited to documents regarding storage capacities, throughput (e.g. number of identity files processed per hour), types of computers used, and user manuals.

FACTS "Success Stories" within the MATRIX Program (01/26/2004)

Matrix materials from Michigan Dept of State Police (01/21/2004)
Matrix FACTS brochure Michigan slide show

MATRIX brochure on FACTS data mining software (01/21/2004)
MATRIX brochure on FACTS data mining software

Matrix Slide Show - Michigan Briefing 05-08-03 (01/21/2004)
Matrix Slide Show - Michigan Briefing by Seisint 05-08-03.pdf

MATRIX FOIA Request to the California Information Practices Coordinator (01/21/2004)
Request from the ACLU to the California Information Practices Coordinator regarding The specifications for the MATRIX, including, but not limited to documents regarding storage capacities, throughput (e.g. number of identity files processed per hour), types of computers used, and user manuals.

Connecticut Follow-Up to ACLU Original MATRIX FOIA Request (01/20/2004)
Connecticut follow-up to ACLU FOIA request including reasons why some documents were not released.

Georgia Homeland Security Bulletin on MATRIX (01/20/2004)
Website posting by Georgia's State Homeland Security Department documenting their use of MATRIX

Data Mining (01/16/2004)
"Total Information Awareness" may be the closest thing to a true "Big Brother" program that has ever been seriously contemplated in the United States. TIA is based on a vision of pulling together as much information as possible about as many people as possible into an "ultra-large-scale" database, making that information available to government officials, and sorting through it to try to identify terrorists.

Liberty in the Age of Technology (01/16/2004)
Increasing government surveillance worldwide raises tough questions for democracy and civil liberty. Left unchecked, the deployment of intrusive new technologies poses a profound threat to individual privacy. What we need, says Barry Steinhardt, is stronger regulation to ensure that such technology is used fairly - by governments and businesses alike

Pennsylvania MATRIX Response to the ACLU's FOIA Request (01/16/2004)