[Note: these comments were written in response to this document, produced by the Department of Justice.] The ACLU of Massachusetts appreciates this opportunity to review the draft “Guidance” produced as a result of roundtable discussions held across the United States over this...
The “Building Communities of Trust” initiative is the term used by federal agencies to sell the new surveillance network to the public as the new face of “community policing.” As described in the “Guidance for Building Communities of Trust” compiled by the...
What kinds of groups get classified as “domestic threat organizations”? A secret FBI report obtained by ABC News in 2005 shows 22 white supremacist organizations and other right-wing extremist hate groups are the targets of 338 active FBI field investigations. However, the...
The Audit by the the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General on its information sharing system and SARs analysis in fusion centers found the following systemic problems: • Sharing still relied on the strength of personnel relationships in various agencies. • There...
The new “fusion centers,” the spy centers of the emerging surveillance network, have been created without any public process. Their operations remain opaque for two critical reasons. First, the organizational structures of surveillance centers entangle federal, state and local law enforcement, creating...
What happens to the “tips and leads” about terrorism that come to the attention of law enforcement from a variety of sources including anonymous ones – from the public, private sector, police officers and other government agencies? How is the National Information...
The following is worth quoting at length, because it so accurately describes why Suspicious Activity Reporting endangers American democratic values. It comes from The Washington Post's “Top Secret America” series. State intelligence analysts and FBI investigators use the reports to determine whether...
Big tech companies are the beneficiaries of hundreds of millions of dollars of government contracts, many of which involve surveillance and law enforcement operations. Over the past few years, workers at large tech firms have begun flexing their civic muscles, and ringing...
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ACLU of Massachusetts Comments on the Department of Justice’s “Building Communities of Trust” Draft Report
[Note: these comments were written in response to this document, produced by the Department of Justice.] The ACLU of Massachusetts appreciates this opportunity to review the draft “Guidance” produced as a result of roundtable discussions held across the United States over this...
Communities of Trust?
The “Building Communities of Trust” initiative is the term used by federal agencies to sell the new surveillance network to the public as the new face of “community policing.” As described in the “Guidance for Building Communities of Trust” compiled by the...
Who is a Threat?
What kinds of groups get classified as “domestic threat organizations”? A secret FBI report obtained by ABC News in 2005 shows 22 white supremacist organizations and other right-wing extremist hate groups are the targets of 338 active FBI field investigations. However, the...
“Information System Challenges”
The Audit by the the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General on its information sharing system and SARs analysis in fusion centers found the following systemic problems: • Sharing still relied on the strength of personnel relationships in various agencies. • There...
Transparency, Accountability and Effective Oversight
The new “fusion centers,” the spy centers of the emerging surveillance network, have been created without any public process. Their operations remain opaque for two critical reasons. First, the organizational structures of surveillance centers entangle federal, state and local law enforcement, creating...
A New Government Rumor Mill
What happens to the “tips and leads” about terrorism that come to the attention of law enforcement from a variety of sources including anonymous ones – from the public, private sector, police officers and other government agencies? How is the National Information...
From The Washington Post: Top Secret America
The following is worth quoting at length, because it so accurately describes why Suspicious Activity Reporting endangers American democratic values. It comes from The Washington Post's “Top Secret America” series. State intelligence analysts and FBI investigators use the reports to determine whether...
Immigrants rights activists spotlight tech’s role in Trump’s deportation machine
Big tech companies are the beneficiaries of hundreds of millions of dollars of government contracts, many of which involve surveillance and law enforcement operations. Over the past few years, workers at large tech firms have begun flexing their civic muscles, and ringing...
Why is anti-privacy zealot Michael Hayden advising congress on domestic police policy?
Senators demand information from feds on cell phone spying
How do the feds use controversial cell site simulators, also known as 'stingrays'? We are about to find out.