The Electronic Privacy Information Center is calling for signatures for a petition to be sent to the Office of Management and Budget regarding the Justice Department, once again attempting to muck things up:
We strongly oppose the Justice Department’s recent decision to lift the Privacy Act requirement that the FBI ensure the accuracy and completeness of the over 39 million criminal records it maintains in its National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database. This action poses significant risks to both privacy and effective law enforcement.
Over 80,000 law enforcement agencies have access to the NCIC system. The database includes records on wanted persons, missing persons, gang members, citizen arrest records, as well as information about stolen cars, boats, and other information. The Privacy Act of 1974 requires the FBI to make reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the records in the NCIC system. Now, the Justice Department has exempted the system from the accuracy requirements of this important law.
EPIC is also preparing a joint organizational letter on the same topic. Interested parties should send the following information to this email address:
Just wait, there’s more fun and games on the horizon, courtesy of a sheeplike, frightened populace and out of control Administration. As Claire Wolfe once wrote, “America is at that awkward stage. It’s too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.”
I fear for our increasingly fragile Republic.
Thanks for passing that on; I’ll link it today
4/1/2003 11:28:52 AM