Wisconsin Backs out of Matrix Personal Data Mining Project

Wisconsin Representative Terese Berceau emailed me last night that the Wisconsin Attorney General’s office decided to back out of this project.
Gina Barton writes:

Citing both financial and privacy concerns, Wisconsin law enforcement officials have changed their minds about becoming part of a computerized information-sharing network.
The network, funded by a $12 million federal grant, aims to create a clearinghouse of information authorities can use to track terrorists and criminal suspects. Advocates say it simply consolidates data already available to investigators, allowing them to access it more quickly. Detractors worry that it could be used to mine computer files for details about ordinary citizens.