Connecting The Dots Using New FBI Technology

Connecting The Dots Using New FBI Technology

www.fbi.gov

The eGuardian system—which is being piloted by several agencies and will start being rolled out in phases nationwide by year’s end, complete with training—will enable near real-time sharing and tracking of terror information and suspicious activities with our local, state, tribal, and federal partners. It’s actually a spin-off of a similar but classified tool called Guardian that we’ve been using inside the Bureau—and sharing with vetted partners—for the past four years.

(visit the link for the full news article)

Another tool for the FBI to either put to good use or extend profiling. This is the public version of the private Guardian system. The claim is that if data is inconclusive it will remain in the system for up to five years. However if no links to terrorism are detected personal data is removed. If this is anything like the no-fly debacle there should be all types of innocent persons and their personal data at someones fingertips......for a long time.

mods- article indicates Sept 12/08 release however the site link is dated Sept 19/08
brill

www.fbi.gov
(visit the link for the full news article)