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[privacy] FBI Wants Instant Access to British Identity Data
From: "Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:47:43 GMT
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Via The Guardian. [snip] Senior British police officials are talking to the FBI about an international database to hunt for major criminals and terrorists. The US-initiated programme, "Server in the Sky", would take cooperation between the police forces way beyond the current faxing of fingerprints across the Atlantic. Allies in the "war against terror" - the US, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand - have formed a working group, the International Information Consortium, to plan their strategy. Biometric measurements, irises or palm prints as well as fingerprints, and other personal information are likely to be exchanged across the network. One section will feature the world's most wanted suspects. The database could hold details of millions of criminals and suspects. The FBI is keen for the police forces of American allies to sign up to improve international security. The Home Office yesterday confirmed it was aware of Server in the Sky, as did the Metropolitan police. [snip] More: http://www.guardian.co.uk/humanrights/story/0,,2241005,00.html Hat-tip: Pogo Was Right - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) wj8DBQFHjEkFq1pz9mNUZTMRAmoeAKDriJdqTV5vAiaH18O3PaTu1vyqIACg/WMC 8MLH0Cg2q3UlUuDRFNEC1Zg= =QmCF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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