Speaking of the misuse of supposedly confidential FBI databases, let's not forget this new bill: http://www.politechbot.com/docs/doj.childporn.bill.050102.html >(1) IN GENERAL – The Attorney General shall establish, and supervise the >development and operation of, a comprehensive computerized database >(hereafter referred to as the "child pornography identification database") >to facilitate the identification of child pornography produced with actual >children and to facilitate the identification of perpetrators. --- From: "Diamond, Richard" <Richard.Diamondat_private> To: "Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)" <declanat_private> Subject: Government and Privacy Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 13:20:04 -0400 This piece mentioned in today's TechDailyAM is worth noting. It shows exactly why a focus on government privacy problems is important (imagine if this guy had *write* access to the database). http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/18631-1.html 05/13/02 Former corrections officer sentenced for misusing FBI system By Wilson Dizard III GCN Staff Gary Piedmont of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, was sentenced to 30 days of community confinement, a $5,000 fine and a year of probation for using the FBI's National Crime Information Center system to check whether a warrant had been issued for a friend. Piedmont formerly was a supervisor at the Franklin County Corrections Center. While working there he met Melodie Lynn Calomeris, who was housed there pending her transfer to a federal prison, according to a summary of the matter agreed to by prosecutors and Peidmont before sentencing. Piedmont employed Calomeris, also known as Melodie Lynn Stillwell, as a housekeeper after her release. "The Probation Office was in the process of issuing an arrest warrant for Calomeris for violating her supervised release," according to a statement by Gregory Lockhart, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio. "The Marshals Service and the Franklin County Sheriff's Office investigated and found that Piedmont had used the system to check on the warrant." Piedmont checked the NCIC nine times in May 2000 to see if the warrant had been issued, authorities said. Piedmont's sentencing by Magistrate Judge Terence P. Kemp of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio was based on criminal information filed by the U.S. Attorney's office and Piedmont's guilty plea. Richard Diamond Office of the Majority Leader U.S. House of Representatives 202-225-6007 / www.freedom.gov ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign this pro-therapeutic cloning petition: http://www.franklinsociety.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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