NEW: #Icebreaker Pt 7: ICE Case Management Handbook Based on Federal Law Enforcement “System of Systems”
Unicorn Riot examines TECS, a multi-decade backbone of federal law enforcement data management and intelligence gathering
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Unicorn Riot examines TECS, a multi-decade backbone of federal law enforcement data management and intelligence gathering
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A 61-page leaked manual from Homeland Security Investigations, a branch of ICE, lays out how agents open and track cases. Official policy manual 2008-2016 labeled "OFFICIAL USE ONLY" now released fully here: unicornriot.ninja/2019/icebreake…
The version of TECS referenced in the handbook has been replaced in recent years with “Integrated Case Management” (ICM), which is designed and managed by controversial data mining intelligence contractor #Palantir (owned and controlled by Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel)
The ICE/HSI case management handbook released today includes how to log information garnered from surveillance and informants. It covers key information related to court proceedings and discovery for defense attorneys.
ICE phased out TECS with help from Palantir around 2016. Numerous orgs like @ConMijente are scrutinizing Palantir's work in building its replacement called "ICM". We found newer documents showing the TECS-ICM evolution, now linked in our article
@ConMijente TECS was initially developed as Treasury Enforcement Communications System for the US Treasury Department in the late 1980s - more and more agencies started storing data inside of it. It became a central agency repository, and basis for 'terror watchlists' and flagging people
@ConMijente David House, a volunteer involved with #Wikileaks, was targeted by a TECS 'lookout' watchlist flag from the NYC branch of HSI's predecessor, the ICE "Office of Investigations" (OI). This document was released after a lawsuit.
@ConMijente TECS was also a key component examined in the aftermath of the Boston bombings. Multiple reports from Inspectors General and investigators focused on how one of the Tsarnaev brothers was flagged on TECS but still easily passed thru US border controls without heightened scrutiny
@ConMijente The connection between TECS and ICE was rarely noticed by the general public. However the late actor Peter Fonda tweeted about the connection between this database system and ICE enforcement programs
@ConMijente ICE's case management systems provide critical datasets for middle managers and Inspectors General to evaluate programs like drug control policy. This leaked handbook sheds light on how exactly middle management functions inside ICE by tracking agent activities & timesheets
@ConMijente By comparing this 2008-2016 manual aimed at TECS record tracking with new documents that specify TECS' replacement systems (ICM & U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Analytical Framework for Intelligence (AFI), researchers can better understand how these systems work.
@ConMijente Writing for The Identity Project @ehasbrouck summarized how TECS, ICM and AFI are critical tracking systems to understand within US law enforcement and homeland security, as well as the spin from Palantir downplaying the harmful effects their systems have on immigrants.
@ConMijente @ehasbrouck If you want to learn more about how exactly these law enforcement systems are designed and evolved over time, check out the full #Icebreaker Pt 7 story which has many PDFs attached showing years of developments unicornriot.ninja/2019/icebreake…
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