[privacy] FBI Plans (Yet Another) Initiative To Profile Terrorists

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The Washington Post.

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The Federal Bureau of Investigations is developing a computer-profiling
system that would enable investigators to target possible terror suspects,
according to a Justice Department report submitted to Congress yesterday.

The System to Assess Risk, or STAR, assigns risk scores to possible
suspects based on a variety of information, similar to the way a credit
bureau assigns a rating based on a consumer's spending behavior and debt.
The program focuses on foreign suspects but also includes data about some
U.S. residents. A prototype is expected to be tested this year.

Justice Department officials said the system offers analysts a powerful new
tool for finding possible terrorists. They said it is an effort to automate
what analysts have been doing manually.

"STAR does not label anyone a terrorist," the report said. "Only
individuals considered emergent foreign threats (as opposed to other
criminal activity such as U.S. bank robbery threats) will be analyzed."

Some lawmakers said, however, that the report raises new questions about
the government's power to use personal information and intelligence without
accountability.

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More:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/10/AR200707100
1871.html

- - ferg

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