Hate by privacy advocates, database search engine lives on / [USA] SanLuisOsbispo, 10 Jul 2005

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/business/12099910.htm
David Royse
"When the federal government in April stopped funding a database that lets police quickly see public records and commercially collected information on Americans, privacy advocates celebrated what they saw as a victory against overzealousness in the fight against terrorism. But a few states are pressing forward with a similar system, continuing to look for ways to quickly search through a trove of data - from driver's license photos to phone numbers to information about people's cars. Their argument in seeking to keep the Matrix database alive in some form: it's too important for solving crimes to give up on."