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ATF looking to create a new database
Posted by David Hardy · 27 June 2013 03:21 PM
Story here.
"Instead of requiring an analyst to manually search around for your personal information, the database should “obtain exact matches from partial source data searches” such as social security numbers (or even just a fragment of one), vehicle serial codes, age range, “phonetic name spelling,” or a general area where your address is located. Input that data, and out comes your identity, while the computer automatically establishes connections you have with others."
· BATFE
What could possibly go wrong with widening the search/hit criteria to make affadavits for warrants easier to obtain?
It will be interesting to see if this is challenged by civil libertarian orgs, since, conceivably, it could lower the standard for generating Probable Cause, and THAT is a HUGE Constitutional concern.