Posted on February 5th, 2008 at 2:14 pm by Avatar
United States law enforcement agencies have long used the centralized database systems for storing information on criminals and other law breaking activities for inter-agency cooperation. The FBI has proposed a new system which would also contain more biometric information included with the old photos, rap sheets and biographical information in hopes to boost the capability of crime prevention and investigation units in getting information. The said plan gets many critics due to many problems that are foreseen to come with a new system such as the fact that the agency’s network and computers are some of the most attacked computers on earth. The transmission of all information regarding an investigation is to be sent to the FBI first before all other agencies, which raises questions on the transmission security of the said information. The system in place that has been modified for Homeland Security has a lot of flaws wherein many people with misdemeanors get arrested as “terrorists”. There is no contesting the fact that there is a need for such a system but further testing and development should be done as many experts see the plan. The security and reliability of the government should be prioritized and developed to the full capability of current technology for it to remain acceptable and adaptable for the times to come.