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

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

Melvin v. Doe (01/15/2004)
Featurette on the privacy case of Melvin v. Doe

Appeal to Pennsylvania Denial of Records in FOIA Response (01/14/2004)
The ACLU's appeal to the Pennsylvania State Police requesting records they denied the ACLU in the initial FOIA request.

Additional Information Included in MATRIX (01/13/2004)

Proposal for MATRIX Expansion Opportunities (01/12/2004)
Proposal to expand MATRIX data mining program into a consolodated booking/facial recognition system

Second MATRIX FOIA Request to the US Dept. of Homeland Security (01/08/2004)
Second request from the ACLU to the Dept. of Homeland Security 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 Meeting Minutes 10/07/2002 (12/30/2003)

"No Records" Letter from FBI headquarters to Rebecca Gordon in "No-Fly" Lawsuit (12/19/2003)

International Cybercrime Treaty (12/18/2003)
Feature on the International Cybercrime Treaty

Letter to Arizona School Officials on School Face Recognition (12/17/2003)
Letter to Arizona School Officials on School Face Recognition