"For seven months, the data-records that had been requested on roughly 900 Chicagoland residents-sat on a federal server in violation of a deletion order issued by an intelligence oversight body. A later inquiry found that nearly 800 files had been kept, which a subsequent report said breached rules designed to prevent domestic intelligence operations from targeting legal US residents. The records originated in a private exchange between DHS analysts and Chicago police, a test of how local intelligence might feed federal government watchlists."
"By then, Chicago's gang data was already notorious for being riddled with contradictions and error. City inspectors had warned that police couldn't vouch for its accuracy. Entries created by police included people purportedly born before 1901 and others who appeared to be infants. Some were labeled by police as gang members but not linked to any particular group."
DHS field intelligence officers kept Chicago Police Department gang-related records on a federal server for seven months despite a deletion order from an intelligence oversight body. Roughly 900 records were requested; an inquiry later found nearly 800 files remained, a breach of rules meant to prevent domestic intelligence targeting of legal residents. The data came from a private exchange between DHS analysts and Chicago police as a test to see whether local street-level information could feed federal watchlists at airports and borders. The dataset contained numerous inaccuracies, offensive entries, and labels applied without arrests or convictions. The experiment collapsed amid apparent mismanagement and oversight failures.
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