Bye Bye Matrix

The Multistate Anti-TeRrorism Information EXchange (MATRIX), “a pilot effort to increase and enhance the exchange of sensitive terrorism and other criminal activity information between local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies,” has been cancelled.

  • From the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, this April 15, 2005 press release: MATRIX Pilot Project Concludes
  • From the NewStandard: Controversial MATRIX Database Project Loses Funding
  • ACLU Applauds End Of “Matrix” Program, April 15, 2005
  • Posted in: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Privacy