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NEWS ABOUT: national database

national database stories: 4 news summaries

 Boy, 8, Makes 'Terror Watch List'

Third grader joins many others on flaw-filled 'no-fly' list

Aug 20, 08 5:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - James Robinson, 8, shares more than a name with a pilot and a former assistant attorney general, CNN reports. All three have found themselves on the government's terrorist watch list and must verify they're not James Robinson, suspected terrorist, before they can fly. Little James was first held up at... More »

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terrorist lists • Department of Homeland Security • airport security • terror suspects • national database • terrorist watch list

Feds Compile Database on Border-Crossing US Citizens

Agents will track crossings and store info for 15 years

Aug 20, 08 4:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The federal government has begun tracking the border crossings of US citizens and building a huge database with the information, the Washington Post reports. The data collection, made possible by machine-readable documents, has alarmed privacy groups. The government plans to keep the information for 15 years and share it with... More »

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border control • Department of Homeland Security • database • national database • border crossing • Customs and Border Protection

Feds Forge National Crime Dragnet

Link data of local
police agencies for instantaneous search

Mar 6, 08 11:23 AM CST
(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... More »

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Department of Justice • police • privacy • domestic intelligence • Department of Homeland Security • data mining • data • national database • National Data Exchange

Feds to Unveil New ID System

States get more time to phase in more secure licenses

Jan 11, 08 8:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Homeland Security officials will unveil plans today for new super-secure drivers' licenses but will give reluctant states more time to comply, the AP reports. Every American under 50 will have to switch to the new licenses by 2011 and those older by 2018. The licenses will be linked to a... More »

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American Civil Liberties Union • Department of Homeland Security • Michael Chertoff • Real ID • drivers licenses • national database

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