CDR: DoJ vs. Privacy

[John Young]

In 1998 Gore proposed a national justice information
system which was implemented by AG Reno. The
purpose of the program is to make criminal justice and
other information easily available to many the parties
involved; courts, prosecutors, law enforcement officers,
local officials and so on. We ran across a presentation
by a DoJ official in which he outlines progress of the
program and how to address the conflict posed by
information collection technology for privacy concerns 
of citizens and organizations:

   http://cryptome.org/doj-ji-pi.ppt   (129KB)

He advocates that despite the "tension between justice
needs and privacy concerns," tools for information 
collection and sharing be provided the national justice 
system as soon as possible, while a campaign is initiated 
to address privacy concerns primarily by PR among
US, Canadian, UN and other cooperating agencies. 

He observes that local parties are not always sensitive 
to privacy concerns and that they may need education -- 
but that is not to hold up getting them the tools they need 
to collect information on citizens.

He also notes that current laws do not adequately cover
today's and tomorrow's technology for collecting and
sharing information. 

What technology besides Carnivore is outside the law?

Here's a June 2000 information distribution technology 
status report by The Global Justice Information Network:

  http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/global/documents/is_report.htm

And here are the member organizations of the Global 
Justice Information Network Advisory Committee:

Administrative Office of the United States Courts
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
American Correctional Association
American Probation and Parole Association
Attorney General Advisory Committee Criminal Justice 
   Information Services Advisory Policy Board
Criminal Justice Information Services Federal Working Group
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information
   Services Division
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
IACP, State and Provincial Police Division
Interpol
Major Cities Chiefs Association
National Association of Attorneys General
NASIRE (National Association of State Information 
   Resource Executives), Representing the Chief Information 
   Officers of the States
National Center for State Courts
National Criminal Justice Association
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
National District Attorneys Association
National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System
National Legal Aid and Defender Association
National Sheriffs Association
North Carolina Department of Justice
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Police Department
SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information
   and Statistics
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs
U.S. Department of Treasury
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Investigative
   Agency Policies