Georgia Abandons MATRIX

Irvu writes "According to The Register Georgia has pulled out of the Justice Department's Multi-State Terrorism Information Exchange project (aka "Florida's TIA"). This project has been covered on (Slashdot and on Google News). The story has a choice quote from the Governor of Georgia on his withdrawal from the program: 'The criminal, prison, and sexual predator information previously submitted will remain part of the database. This information is relevant to the crime fighting purpose of the pilot project, but personal information of law-abiding citizens is not.'"

Comments

I am not a law abiding citizen

[Anonymous Coward]

I like to smoke a bowl sometimes in the afternoon. I am sick of being lumped in with terrorists and rapists in this "non-law abiding, non rights deserving" group of people. That is all.

Fess up....

[Sylver Dragon]

Alright, what slashdotter went and beat the Georga Governer with the clue stick?
Seriously through, I am glad to see some politician, hell any politician, questioning the stupidity in the relentless pursit of "terrorism". I realize that there are a lot of people in this world who hate the US, and would love to kill its citizens; but, get real, this is no excuse to be intruding into the private lives of the very citizens the govenment is supposed to be protecting. Some days I really wonder what it would take to get a law passed (even if just in my state) that bars the government from collecting and keeping, or even borrowing, data on citizens that have not broken the law. Basically, if I haven't done anything wrong, why the hell are you tracking me? Personally, I fear an orwellian future far more than I fear terrorists.