Amazon, Facebook, ICE, And The FBI Have Access To A Private Intelligence-Sharing Network Operated By Seattle Police
In Seattle, Facebook, Amazon, real estate management, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) all share one thing in common: membership to Seattle Shield, an exclusive intelligence-sharing network operated by the Seattle police.
The system highlights how secretive public-private networks of information-sharing have permeated law enforcement intelligence collection in Seattle and across the country under the banner of supposedly preventing terrorism. However, questions concerning the usefulness of the program, accountability measures, and how information is shared remain unanswered.
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Amazon, Facebook, ICE have access to Seattle police intelligence-sharing network
Seattle Shield requests suspicious activity reports from companies, which are then circulated with members as part of surveillance apparatus
Glen Stellmacher