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    • July 30, 2009

    DeKalb GA Police Officers Suspended After President Obama Background Check

    Officers Ryan White and C.M. Route have been suspended following their use of a police computer to run a background check on President Obama. The computer, inside of a police car, was used to access the National Crime Information Center database managed by the FBI. Databases that are engineered to support data-mining present significant challenges to privacy rights because of the potential for their abuse and misuse. The NCIC has also faced challenges from privacy and civil liberties advocates because Federal Privacy Act requirements of accuracy do not apply.

    Officers Run Background Check On Obama; Placed on Leave, WSBTV, July 29, 2009

    Posted by EPIC at July 30, 2009 10:23 AM
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