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Feds Forge National Crime Dragnet

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(Newser) – Law enforcement agencies all over the country are building a new information "dragnet" that will dramatically boost data-sharing,  the Washington Post reports. This month the Justice Department will begin hooking up local and county police forces to the new federal National Data Exchange, creating a "one-stop-shop" that will let investigators search millions of records in seconds and make previously unsuspected connections.

Cops say new data-mining systems are turning disjointed law enforcement searches into the high-tech wizardry seen on TV and in films. "It's going from the horse-and-buggy days to the space age, that's what it's like," said an Arizona police chief. Privacy groups, however, fear intelligence agencies will misuse the vast amounts of information soon to be at their fingertips.

A photo is taken by the Department of Homeland Security. Homeland Security will have access to the records of state and country police forces under the new -Dex system.
A photo is taken by the Department of Homeland Security. Homeland Security will have access to the records of state and country police forces under the new -Dex system.   (Getty Images)
The new intelligence system will give law enforcement access to a vast of information, but some privacy groups have expressed fears the information could be misused.
The new intelligence system will give law enforcement access to a vast of information, but some privacy groups have expressed fears the information could be misused.   ((c) %u27A8 Redvers)
City police car queue up in this file photo. A new system being rolled out by the Department of Homeland Security aims to pool the information held by local forces across the country with a federal database.
City police car queue up in this file photo. A new system being rolled out by the Department of Homeland Security aims to pool the information held by local forces across the country with a federal database.   (Shutter Stock)
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