Department of Homeland Security cancels national license-plate tracking plan

Washington Post ^ | February 19, 2014 | Ellen Nakashima and Josh Hicks,

[MeshugeMikey]

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of a plan by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to develop a national license-plate tracking system after privacy advocates raised concern about the initiative.

The order came just days after ICE solicited proposals from companies to compile a database of license-plate information from commercial and law enforcement tag readers. Officials said the database was intended to help apprehend fugitive illegal immigrants, but the plan raised concerns that the movements of ordinary citizens under no criminal suspicion could be scrutinized.

[MeshugeMikey]

they have something in mind that theyre not being very forthcoming about ?

[Steely Tom]

National TEA Party tracking plan.

[no-to-illegals]

well, kind of ... but it’s classified.

[heartwood]

Officials said the database was intended to help apprehend fugitive illegal immigrants

Hahahahhahahaha. Ha.

I have this bridge...

[Jonty30]

I doubt they’ve actually cancelled it.

[no-to-illegals]

Am actually waiting on the next Snowden to break away and spill the beans.

[MeshugeMikey]

I can wait.

Joe biden will doubtless blab something about it without even noticing before the weeks over...

[MeshugeMikey]

nothing to see here folks...no terrorist connections at all...

[no-to-illegals]

it scares ‘em when you talk like that ... LOL

[MeshugeMikey]

they think theyre talking to mealy mouthed children who will believe ANYTHING the spoon out.....

and sadly some are but most arent

[TaMoDee]

The budget line item goes into the infamous “Black Budget”.
This will never go away.

[lightman]

I have this bridge...

I have this waterfront property in Florida...

[plainshame]

I’m sure they are rethinking a much bigger program.The federal government is in the control mode 24/7.

[MeshugeMikey]

let em track this!

[MeshugeMikey]

something a bit more “comprehensive” and sustainable.....

[al baby]

BS they still going to do it just a press release to the contrary reminds me of the easiest way to mine a harbor issue a press release

[MeshugeMikey]

and the deniability factor....goes way up

i never heard these terms when I was a kid....

[bigbob]

they’ll just ask NSA for the data

[no-to-illegals]

At least we don’t have black boxes in our vehicles like they do in airplanes .... Hey ... wait just one minute there.