[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The shocking police\Ncrackdown on protestors Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Missouri, in the wake\Nof the police shooting\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Michael Brown Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,underscored the extent to which Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,advanced military weapons\Nand equipment, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,designed for the battlefield, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are making their way\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to small town police departments\Nacross the United States. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although much tougher to observe, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this same thing is happening Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with surveillance equipment. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NSA-style mass surveillance is enabling Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,local police departments \Nto gather Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vast quantitates of sensitive informaiton Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about each and every one of us Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was never previously possible. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Location information can \Nbe very sensitive. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you drive your car around\Nthe United States, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can reveal if you go \Nto a therapist, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or an Alcoholic Anonymous meeting, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you go to church \Nor if you don't go to church, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when that information \Nabout you Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is combined with the same Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,information about everyone else, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the government can gain a detailed\Nportrait Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how private citizens act Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this information used to be private Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thanks to modern technology, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the government knows far too much Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what happens\Nbehind closed doors. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and local police departments\Nmake decisions Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about who they \Nthink you are Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on this information. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the key technologies \Ndriving mass location tracking Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the innocuous sounding\Nautomatic license plate reader. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you haven't seen one, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's probably because you didn't\Nknow what to look for Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're everywhere. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mounted on roads or \Non police cars, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,automatic license plate readers Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,capture images of every passing car\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and convert the license plate Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into machine-readable text Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they can be checked Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against hot lists Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of cars potentially wanted Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for wrongdoing. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but more than that, increasingly, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,local police departments are \Nkeeping records not just Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people wanted for wrong doing, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but every plate that passes them by, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,resulting in the collection\Nof mass quantities of data Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about where Americans have gone. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you know this was happening? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Mike Katz Lakave\Nasked his local police department Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for information about the \Nplate reader data they had on him, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is what they got: Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in addition to the date, \Ntime and location Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the police department had \Nphotographs that captured Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he was going and often,\Nwho he was with Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the second photo from the top Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a photo of Mike and his two duaghters Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting out of their car Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their own driveway. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the government has hundreds\Nof photos like this Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Mike going about his\Ndaily life. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you drive a car \Nin the United States, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can bet money \Nthat they have photographs\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like this of you going about\Nyour daily life. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mike hasn't done anything wrong, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why is it okay Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the government \Nis keeping all of this information? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason it's happening Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because as the cost of storing\Nthis data has plummeted Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the police department simply hangs on\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to it, just in case it could be useful someday. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the issue is not just that\None police department Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is gathering this informaiotn Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in isolation Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even that multiple police departments\Nare doing it, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the same time, \Nthe federal government Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is collection all of these Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,individual pots of data Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pooling them together into\None vast database Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with hundreds and millions\Nof hits Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,showing where Americans have traveled Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this document from the Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,federal drug enforcement administration Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is one of the agencies Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,primarily interested in this, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is one of several Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that reveal the existence of this database