RT.com is reporting that the FBI has been working on a secretive, state-of-the-art database with the power to track down anyone, anywhere, at any time. The program, called “Next Generation Identification,” or, “NGI” program, was first announced more than a decade ago, but the FBI has been tight-lipped about it since. Now, they claim the system is more than 60% complete.
However, the privacy watchdog group EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center) is suing the FBI for failure to respond to official Freedom of Information Act requests regarding the program. According to EPIC, the NGI program pulls personal information from both public and private surveillance systems and compiles the information in an all-inclusive database, which they say is an invasion of privacy, seeing as information is being collected about people who are neither criminals nor suspects.
