http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/ndex/ndex_home.htm
“N-DEx: Law Enforcement National Data Exchange”
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Thanks to a special freepmailer for pointing to this article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/05/AR2008030503656_pf.html
“National Dragnet Is a Click Away
Authorities to Gain Fast and Expansive Access to Records”
By Robert O’Harrow Jr. and Ellen Nakashima
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, March 6, 2008; A01
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Those network efforts will begin expanding further this month, as some local and state agencies connect to a fledgling Justice Department system called the National Data Exchange, or N-DEx. Federal authorities hope N-DEx will become what one called a “one-stop shop” enabling federal law enforcement, counterterrorism and intelligence analysts to automatically examine the enormous caches of local and state records for the first time.”
IN THE U.S.A.:
UPDATE:
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984007/posts
Christian Prosecuted: Refused to Photograph Homosexual ‘Commitment Ceremony’
National Catholic Register ^
Posted on 03/11/2008 1:00:09 PM PDT by No Dems 2004
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As a Christian, Elaine Huguenin is against efforts to legitimize same-sex “marriage.”
So, when the Albuquerque photographer was asked via e-mail in September 2006 to photograph a “commitment ceremony” for two women, Huguenin declined. That was the end of the matter, she thought.
But Huguenin didn’t take into account New Mexico’s anti-discrimination laws. Instead of hiring another photographer, one of the lesbians, Vanessa Willock, filed a civil complaint against Huguenin’s company, Elane Photography.
Now, in one of the first cases of its kind in the state, a three-member tribunal of New Mexico’s Human Rights Commission is considering the complaint brought forward by New Mexico’s Human Rights Bureau, operated by the Labor Relations Division of the state’s Department of Workforce Solutions.
The tribunal will decide whether Huguenin should pay actual and punitive damages to Willock because of her decision not to take pictures of the homosexual ceremony.
Established in 1969 by the New Mexico Legislature to enforce state law preventing discrimination based on race and gender in employment, housing and public accommodation, the human rights commission is taking its first steps to incorporate a 2006 expansion of the act to include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.”
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This is why ‘anti-discrimination’ laws are a bunch of rubbish. If you’re the owner, you can turn down business if you want to and you shouldn’t be harrassed for it. This should be proclaimed loud and clear as to why the homosexual agenda TAKES RIGHTS AWAY from Americans. Amazingly, gay marriage is illegal in New Mexico yet they have the gall to pull this stunt. Wake up, America . . .
1 posted on 03/11/2008 1:00:10 PM PDT by No Dems 2004
March 11, 2008
Note: The following press release is a quote:
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/March/08_ag_190.html
United States and Germany Agree to Share Fingerprint Databases and Information on Known and Suspected Terrorists
Agreement Initialed by Attorney General Mukasey and Secretary Chertoff
BERLIN – Officials from the United States and Germany today initialed a bilateral agreement related to sharing access to biometric data and spontaneous sharing of data about known and suspected terrorists. At a bilateral ceremony in Berlin, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey and Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff joined the German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble and Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries in initialing the agreement.
The agreement gives the countries mutual access to fingerprint databases for the purpose of determining if evidence in them could be helpful in criminal investigations and prosecutions. It also sets forth procedures for obtaining that evidence through lawful processes, while ensuring that personal data is appropriately protected.
The agreement additionally provides a mechanism for the U.S. and Germany to share information about known and suspected terrorists, allowing the two countries to more readily assist one another in preventing serious threats to public security, including terrorist entry into either country.
“Beyond the important practical value of this agreement, it symbolizes the joint resolve of Germany and the United States to fight terrorism and transnational crime,” said Attorney General Mukasey. “The values we share with Germany and our mutual interest in protecting our citizens makes us even more determined to deepen our partnership with Germany. We look forward to implementing this important instrument in a spirit of mutual respect and cooperation.”
“I applaud Germany’s leadership as we work as an international community to deter and defend against those who seek to do our citizens harm,” said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. “This agreement builds upon our strong relationship with Germany to protect not only the security, but also the privacy of our citizens. We must work together against a patient and adaptive adversary; in today’s world, our enemies are far less concerned with borders than they are with attacking freedom wherever they can.”
Under the agreement, the U.S. and Germany can, for the purpose of advancing criminal investigations and prosecutions, query each other’s fingerprint databases with unknown prints to determine if the other party has information about the print. If a “hit” is received, the querying party will make a mutual legal assistance request for identifying data, and the use of that data is governed by treaty. If no hit is received, then no information is retained.
Additionally, the agreement contains a spontaneous sharing article that can be used to share biographic and fingerprint information about known and suspected terrorists, as well as information about planned attacks or persons trained to commit terrorist acts. Attorney General Mukasey and Secretary Chertoff were visiting Germany for the initialing ceremony and to hold bilateral meetings with their German counterparts.
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