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OneDOJ to Offer National Criminal Database to Law Enforcement
Degrees writes "The Washington Post is reporting that the Justice Department is building a massive database, known as 'OneDOJ'. The system allows state and local police officers around the country to search millions of case files from the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal law enforcement agencies. The system already holds approximately 1 million case records and is projected to triple in size over the next three years. The files include investigative reports, criminal-history information, details of offenses, and the names, addresses and other information of criminal suspects or targets. From the article: 'Civil-liberties and privacy advocates say the scale and contents of such a database raise immediate privacy and civil rights concerns, in part because tens of thousands of local police officers could gain access to personal details about people who have not been arrested or charged with crimes. The little-noticed program has been coming together over the past year and a half. It already is in use in pilot projects with local police in Seattle, San Diego and a handful of other areas, officials said.'"
Seriously, which side are they on? They side with criminals here and go against a system which would finally allow law enforcement to seamlessly share case files and information! Exactly what information is there in this system that law enforcement could not already get by calling up the various agencies and then having the file physically sent or driving 50+ miles to pick it up? The answer is nothing! All this system does is make information that was already available more accessible. That means bad news for crime rings and what does the Washington Post do? They play the privacy and civil liberties card. What a crock of shit! If ever there was a newspaper that needed to be boycotted it would be the Washington Post!