American Civil Liberties Union : Matrix materials from Michigan Dept of State Police

The Technology & Liberty Project monitors the interplay between cutting-edge technology and civil liberties, actively promoting responsible uses of technology that enhance privacy and freedom, while opposing those that undermine our freedoms and move us closer to a surveillance society.

Matrix materials from Michigan Dept of State Police (1/21/2004)

Michigan's MATRIX Materials

These documents (obtained from the Michigan Dept. of State Police under an ACLU state Freedom of Information Act request) clearly show that MATRIX involves the combination of law enforcement data with vast commercial databanks on American individuals, and that the federal government has been involved in its development since the beginning.

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