N
O
. 07-513
IN THE
____________________ B
ENNIE
D
EAN
H
ERRING
, Petitioner,v.
U
NITED
S
TATES OF
A
MERICA
,Respondent.
____________________ On Writ of Certiorari to the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ____________________
BRIEF OF
AMICI CURIAE
ELECTRONICPRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER (EPIC),PRIVACY AND CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS, AND LEGAL SCHOLARS AND TECHNICALEXPERTS IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER
____________________
M
ARC
R
OTENBERG
Counsel of Record
M
ELISSA
N
GO
E
LECTRONIC
P
RIVACY
I
NFORMATION
C
ENTER
(EPIC)1718 Connecticut Ave., NWSuite 200Washington, DC 20009(202) 483-1140May 16, 2008
i
TABLE OF CONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTS.........................................i
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES...............................iii
INTEREST OF THE
AMICI CURIAE
................1
SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT.....................6
ARGUMENT...........................................................7
I. I
N
R
ECENT
Y
EARS
, T
HERE
H
AS
B
EEN A
D
RAMATIC
E
XPANSION OF
L
AW
E
NFORCEMENT
D
ATABASES
.............................................................8
A.
The Rise of the Information Sharing Environment......................................................
8
B.
State Fusion Centers Pose UniqueChallenges to Criminal JusticeRecordkeeping....................................................
9II. N
UMEROUS
R
EPORTS
D
ETAIL
N
UMEROUS
E
RRORS IN
G
OVERNMENT AND
C
OMMERCIAL
D
ATABASES
...........................................................13
A.
Problems with the National CrimeInformation Center (“NCIC”)..........................
13
B.
Problems with Databases Associated withthe Federal Government’s EmploymentEligibility Verification System.......................
16
C.
Commercial Databases on Which LawEnforcement Rely Are Also Inaccurate andIncomplete........................................................
18
ii
D.
Problems with Terrorist Watch Lists.......
201. Office of Foreign Assets Control’sSpecially Designated Nationals and BlockedPersons (“SDN”) List...................................202. No-Fly and Selectee Lists......................22III. F
EDERAL
G
OVERNMENT
I
S
I
NCREASINGLY
E
XEMPTING
D
ATABASES
F
ROM
A
CCURACY AND
P
RIVACY
R
EQUIREMENTS
.....................................28
A.
Federal Privacy Act AccuracyObligations......................................................
29
B.
The National Crime Information Center IsExempt From Key Requirements....................
32
C.
The Automated Targeting System IsExempt From Key Requirements....................
34
CONCLUSION......................................................35
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