![]() ![]() ![]() “In many instances the computer would refer a searcher to the file of another person, or some other CHAOS holdings in which the subject individual was mentioned, but there was not enough material to open a file. It should be emphasized, however, that CHAOS did not maintain a separate file on every American name that was indexed in the computer.” By checking a name in HYDRA, one could find all the cables, memoranda or other documents referring to that individual, whether he was the subject of the material or merely mentioned in passing. “Once the information was indexed and filed, the HYDRA computer system permitted its prompt retrieval. Any information which was received about an individual for whom CHAOS maintained a file went into his file: There was no winnowing of the material before its entry into the permanent record system of CHAOS. “If a report on one individual referred to others, their names would be indexed also. This system served as the reference index to all of the office’s holdings. Every name of individuals and organizations was extracted and referenced in the central CHAOS computer system known as HYDRA. “As the material flowed into CHAOS from stations, domestic CIA components, and the FBI, it was analyzed, indexed, and filed. How do these computer systems work? A similar example of this type of information sorting-house is the “Hydra” computer system which was part of the CIA domestic surveillance program called “OPERATION CHAOS.” So we may be back on again in a few months.’” But they just recently called us up and said the pressure is off. They decided not to fund anything that uses the word intelligence until the hue and cry dies down. Regarding the funds cut-off, O’Toole quotes the national chairman of LEIU: “‘The Justice Department put it on ice. The IOCI system is an international network of computer terminals linked by telecommunication lines to a central computer run by the Michigan State Police in East Lansing, Michigan.”Īccording to O’Toole, the LEEA cut off funds to the IOCI system last year. According to George O’Toole’s Penthouse article, the IOCI is a “computerized file system developed and operated by the LEIU under a $1.3 million grant from the federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration. One of the systems used by the LEIU is the Interstate Organized Crime Index (IOCI). It cannot be forced to divulge its activity to the public. ![]() ![]() The meetings of LEIU have the character of professional association conventions, where police intelligence experts get to know each other and discuss their common problems.Īnother aspect of this “private club” character is that the LEIU is not subject to the “freedom of information” laws. One is that over the years it became a kind of alternative to the FBI, in that the member agencies did not have to go through the FBI’s red tape in order to pass names and information among themselves.Ī second feature is that the LEIU sees itself as a “private club” of policemen. Over the years it has grown to include over 200 agencies-in Michigan its affiliates include the Department of the Attorney General, the Detroit, Flint and Warren Police Departments and the State Police. It was created in 1956 in California as a voluntary “club” of police intelligence agencies in seven Western states. This clearinghouse is the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit (LEIU). Recent articles in the Michigan State News and in Penthouse Magazine have exposed the existence of a nation-wide “surveillance clearinghouse” which exchanges names and files collected by the intelligence units of over 200 member police agencies. ![]()
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