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Title

Improving interagency information sharing using technology demonstrations : the legal basis for using new sensor technologies for counterdrug operations along the U.S. border / Daniel Gonzales, Sarah Harting, Jason Mastbaum, Carolyn Wong.

Author

Gonzales, Daniel, 1956-

Publication

• Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation, [2014]
• ©2014

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Additional Authors

• Harting, Sarah
• Mastbaum, Jason
• Wong, Carolyn, 1952-
• Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division, issuing body.

Description

xviii, 84 pages : color illustrations; 28 cm

Summary

The Department of Defense has developed new sensor technologies to support military forces operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. These new capabilities may be useful in counterdrug operations along the southern U.S. border. DoD has held technology demonstrations to test and demonstrate new technologies along the southern border, because the field conditions along the border closely resemble those in current military theaters of operation and because they can also reveal whether new technologies are useful for CD operations led by domestic law enforcement agencies. However, there are legal questions about whether such technology demonstrations fully comply with U.S. law and whether advanced DoD sensors can legally be used in domestic CD operations when they are operated by U.S. military forces. In this report, the authors examine federal law and DoD policy to answer these questions. Some parts of U.S. law mandate information sharing among federal departments and agencies for national security purposes and direct DoD to play a key role in domestic CD operations in support of U.S. law enforcement agencies, while other parts of the law place restrictions on when the U.S. military may participate in law enforcement operations. Reviewing relevant federal law and DoD policy, the authors conclude that there is no legal reason why a DoD sensor should be excluded from use in an interagency technology demonstration or in an actual CD operation as long as a valid request for support is made by an appropriate law enforcement official and so long as no personally identifiable or private information is collected. The authors recommend DoD policy on domestic CD operations be formally clarified and that an approval process should be established for technology demonstrations with a CD nexus.

Alternative Title

Legal basis for using new sensor technologies for counterdrug operations along the U.S. border

Subjects

• Military law > United States
• Civil-military relations > United States
• Interagency coordination > Law and legislation > United States
• Border security > Technological innovations > United States
• Drug traffic > Prevention > Technological innovations > United States
• Military law > United States > Civil-military relations > Judicial aspects > DoD > Department of Defense > American borders > Drug smugglers, traffickers > Trafficking > Early 21st century

Note

• "RR551-OSD"--Page 4 of cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-84).

Funding (note)

• "This research was sponsored by the Rapid Reaction Technology Office within the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics ..."

Contents

Preface. -- Summary. -- Introduction. -- Relevant U.S. law. -- Relevant Department of Defense policy. -- Thunderstorm demonstrations and approval processes. -- Findings and recommendations. -- Appendixes. -- References.

Call Number

JFF 17-630

ISBN

• 9780833084941
• 0833084941

LCCN

2014935047

OCLC

874885905

Author

Gonzales, Daniel, 1956- author.

Title

Improving interagency information sharing using technology demonstrations : the legal basis for using new sensor technologies for counterdrug operations along the U.S. border / Daniel Gonzales, Sarah Harting, Jason Mastbaum, Carolyn Wong.

Publisher

Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation, [2014]

Copyright Date

©2014

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-84).

Funding

"This research was sponsored by the Rapid Reaction Technology Office within the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics ..."

Connect to:

http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR500/RR551/RAND_RR551.pdf

Indexed Term

Military law United States Civil-military relations Judicial aspects DoD Department of Defense American borders Drug smugglers, traffickers Trafficking Early 21st century

Added Author

Harting, Sarah, author.

Mastbaum, Jason, author.

Wong, Carolyn, 1952- author.

Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division, issuing body.

Research Call Number

JFF 17-630