private US (chick!) groups using domestic surveillance tools

[Khoder bin Hakkin]

The maker of police surveillance tools, OrionSci, lists a private group
"the feminist majority" as a purchaser of their "Investigations" tools.

http://psd.orionsci.com/Clients.asp


                                 Ramsey County Sheriff's Department
                                 St. Paul, Minnesota
                                 California Department of Justice (DOJ)
                                 Sacramento, California
                                 Hayward
                                 Hayward, California Investigations
                                 Broward County Sheriff's Office
                                 Fort Lauderdale, Florida
                                 Santa Monica Police Department
                                 Santa Monica, California
                 ***           Feminist Majority Foundation
                                 Alexandria, Virginia
                                 Kansas Bureua of Investigations
                                 Topeka, Kansas
                                 Santa Ana Police Department
                                 Santa Ana, California
                                 Denver Police Department
                                 Denver, Colorado


Orion's products :


                               GangNet.
                               Comprehensive analytic tool for tracking,
retrieving, and
                               analyzing crime information collected
about gangs,
                               individual gang members, locations,
associates, field
                               interviews, and vehicles relevant to a
gang member.

                               Investigations
                               A powerful relational database with
robust parameter
                               searches. Cross reference narcotics,
street gangs, criminal
                               groups, pedophiles, missing persons, etc.
Photo lineups,
                               mug books & multi-media capable.
Investigations is
                               layered and compartmentalized for
security.

                               Investigations III+
                               The next generation in investigation and
analytical tools.
                               This high performance system combines the
power of
                               GangNet, Investigations, and Spotlight
into one
                               comprehensive package.

                               Orion Magic
                               Provides the ability to conduct text
searches across files,
                               documents, Web pages, and databases
located anywhere
                               on your personal computer, network, or
Internet.
                               ORIONMagic is not just a search tool,;
it also includes
                               analytical tools to enable you to
evaluate the results of
                               searches.

                               Spotlight
                               Unstructured text-based searching. Search
multiple
                               databases: electronic documents,
scan/OCR, word
                               processing files, newswires, Internet,
open source, SGML,
                               HTML, etc. Index and add text documents
to your
                               investigative case file.

                               H.A.T.E.
                               Hate-crime Analysis, Tracking and
Evaluation System
                               serves as a browser-based investigative
tools as well as a
                               statistical resource for analyzing bias
crimes motivated by
                               race, nationality, religion, sexual
orientation, gender, or
                               disability.

                               HiTech Crime
                               Intelligence system for tracking HiTech
Crimes. Tracking of
                               any incidents using technology including
cyber terrorism,
                               child pornography, identity theft, fraud,
etc. Parameter &
                               free-form searches. Link analysis,
routine and adhoc
                               reports.

                               JuviNet
                               Separate system for collecting
information on juvenile
                               offenders. Ability to track all
information on juveniles while
                               they are in custody and under the care of
a state ward
                               system.

                               RMS/CMS
                               Records Management System/Case Management
System.
                               Electronic capture of all investigative
reports, text,
                               images, video, audio and forensic data.
Local creation of
                               the documents, reports and case files to
advance
                               investigations and analytic activities.
Case Management
                               System to centralize all related
documents and
                               information in the case file. Report
workflow management
                               system from incident creation to
post-adjudication
                               archive.

                               NarcNet
                               Narcotics tracking utilizing web based
technology.
                               Intelligence system modeled after
GangNet. for tracking
                               cases, incidents, subject and narcotics
related
                               information. Information about drug
seizures (type,
                               purity, value, concealment location) and
currency seizures
                               are also collected for analysis.
Automated multilevel link
                               analysis, text lookup and matrix search
capability.