Wisconsin and New York became the latest states to drop out of a controversial interstate law enforcement data-sharing program shortly after joining it.
Wired News article
Wisconsin was plugged in for only about a month.
Chris Ahmuty, executive director of the ACLU of Wisconsin, said Wisconsin law enforcement official James Warren, who was responsible for signing onto the Matrix, was an "honest good guy" who probably did not know what he was getting into.
"They were probably offered some money for a cash-strapped department and some gee-whiz technology and didn't really even consider the issues of the security, accuracy and control of the system or even privacy," Ahmuty said. "Once it got a little attention, it got onto the radar screen of the attorney general; she moved very quickly to review and reconsider it and drop out."
"They were probably offered some money for a cash-strapped department and some gee-whiz technology and didn't really even consider the issues of the security, accuracy and control of the system or even privacy," Ahmuty said. "Once it got a little attention, it got onto the radar screen of the attorney general; she moved very quickly to review and reconsider it and drop out."
Probably he did know. Whatever.
Originally 13 states agreed to participate in the program, which was given $12 million in startup funds from the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department. Those states accounted for over 50 percent of the U.S. population.
Now only five remain -- Michigan, Ohio, Florida, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
Now only five remain -- Michigan, Ohio, Florida, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
The shrinking number of participants may affect the program's chance for continued federal funding. Matrix officials have been looking to expand the program in hopes of convincing the Department of Homeland Security to fund the program for all 50 states.
Seisint is the company that created MATRIX, founded by a Boca Raton billionaire and former pilot for a Bahama drug smuggling ring.
Seisint's e-voting ties continue with Christiane Breton, Chief Financial Officer, who worked at ChoicePoint.
ChoicePoint, Greg Palast-specialists might know this, merged in 2002 with Database Technologies DBT, which was responsible for the fake felony list of 90,000 people in Florida, which was one of the real reasons for the "stolen election".
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ChoicePoint, Greg Palast-specialists might know this, merged in 2002 with Database Technologies DBT, which was responsible for the fake felony list of 90,000 people in Florida, which was one of the real reasons for the "stolen election".
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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