MATRIX datamining and EXIT POLLS glitch
Recent study was published on discrepencies in EXIT POLLS that were not related to the battle states of Election 2004. Can anyone recall this study and provide a link please.
This morning I read this information through a link [info by Lylenews] in the diary of PlutoniumPage on worries of electronic surveillance and the Patriot Act. Can anyone shed any light on the privacy safeguards of these projects? I have summarized the information on the link to the Sierra Times.
MATRIX, anacronym for the
"Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange" Program
Some more topics and relations to VP Cheney and Jeb Bush below:
- Anti-Defamation League's rabid pitbulldog Sparky (a.k.a. Mark Pitcavage) former director of SLATT program
- California, Texas sensitive files at Seisint, [ChoicePoint did not bid] because project lacked adequate privacy safeguards
- Seisint technology has been demonstrated for VP Dick Cheney and Gov. Jeb Bush.
- Jeb Bush -- Matrix participation would be covered by federal Homeland Security funds
- Supercomputers power its Seisint's Accurint database service
Eight states comprise the existing coalition, thus far, and have agreed to participate in the MATRIX project: Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Utah.
MATRIX, anacronym for the
"Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange" Program.
This datamining program is the baby of the Institute for Intergovernmental Relations, which also runs the SLATT (State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training) program. Both programs are funded by the Department of Justice.
The Anti-Defamation League's rabid pitbulldog Sparky (a.k.a. Mark Pitcavage) is a full-time senior associate researcher for the Institute for Intergovernmental Relations, a so-called non-profit organization which provides training services to federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. He was also formerly the director of the SLATT program. Pitcavage is a self-proclaimed expert on "right-wing extremists" and militias.
This delusional dweeb managed to convince the "right-wing extremist" obsessed Reno DoJ of his so-called expertise and the FBI put out their idiotic Project Megiddo report to law enforcement agencies.
My question is will Pitcavage, as a full-time senior associate researcher for the Institute for Intergovernmental Relations, have any input in the MATRIX program? If he does, we are in deep ka-ka! Does Pitcavage have any ties to Seisint, the private company that created Matrix?
In light of the FBI/SLATT relationship, it is significant that the "Background" section of the grant proposal reads very much like an early draft of Megiddo.
"But California and Texas dropped out, citing, among other things, worries over housing sensitive files at Seisint. And a competing data vendor, ChoicePoint, decided not to bid on the project, saying it lacked adequate privacy safeguards.
Millionaire Hank Asher of Boca Raton, is a friend of recently retired Florida Department of Law Enforcement director James "Tim" Moore and a major political contributor, was never charged with drug smuggling. He served as an informant and witness after being implicated in the Bahamian drug ring in the 1980s.
Asher's first company, DBT Online Inc., bought him out for $147 million in 1999 after the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration suspended its contracts over Asher's past and concerns that the company could potentially monitor targets of investigations. Interim FDLE head Daryl McLaughlin said that he believes the agency's background check on Asher and Seisint was not sufficient.
Asher has not charged FDLE for many of his services, McLaughlin said. Seisint technology has been demonstrated for Vice President Dick Cheney and Gov. Jeb Bush.
The FBI issued a commendation to Seisint last year for "exceptional services in the public interest." The Secret Service awarded a certificate of appreciation to the company for its contributions to law enforcement. Supercomputers power its Seisint's Accurint database service, which it says offers "deeper and more comprehensive" searches than its competitors.
Jim Lientz, Georgia's chief operating officer, said Wednesday that Gov. Sonny Perdue had discussed Matrix with Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Perdue understood from those conversations that any costs associated with Matrix participation would be covered by federal Homeland Security funds, Lientz said.
Eight states comprise the existing coalition, thus far, and have agreed to participate in the MATRIX project: Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Utah.
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