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in Federal Computer Week, a Washington, D.C.
*   magazine for federal employees, basically admitted the existence of this
*   Center and its activities.
*
*   In his article, "Federal Agencies Link, Share Databases," John Monroe said:
*
*       Law enforcement agencies across the federal government have poured
*       money into information technology programs. According to the Government
*       Market Services Division, federal agencies will spend 5.5 billion
*       dollars on law enforcement technology between 1995 and 1999...
*
*       The common link between in these programs is to build an information
*       substructure: A WEB OF CONNECTED DATABASES AND HIGH SPEED NETWORKS
*       THAT WILL MAKE DATA INSTANTLY AVAILABLE TO FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL
*       LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS.
*
*       The federal government's goal is to BRING RANDOM PIECES OF DATA
*       TOGETHER TO GET A MORE COMPLETE PICTURE---WHAT SOME CALL INTELLIGENCE.

Wow. All federal agencies will be linked together in a vast intelligence
network. Handheld fingerprint devices will be deployed. Obviously.

They are working around the limitations Congress wanted on NCIC 2000.

And how much hardware is a handheld fingerprint device?

*   "Lucent in New Identification Joint Venture"
*   The New York Times, 5/22/97
*   
*   Lucent Tec