How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
The Trump administration is using an anti-drug trafficking grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the country to funnel their ongoing collection of automated license plate reader data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction, according to public records and court documents reviewed by 404 Media.The records show the workings of a complex system in which the federal government is using the “High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area” (HIDTA) pro...
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