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1 online resource (xviii, 84 pages) : color illustrations |
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"RAND National Security Research Division." |
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"This research was ... conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface. |
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"RR551-OSD"--Page 4 of cover. |
| 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 Defence for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics ..." |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
The Department of Defense (DoD) has developed new sensor technologies to support military forces operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. These new capabilities may be useful in counterdrug (CD) 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. |
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United States. Department of Defense.
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United States. Department of Defense. (OCoLC)fst01852447
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Military law -- United States.
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Civil-military relations -- United States.
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Drug control -- Technological innovations -- United States.
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Drug traffic -- United States -- Prevention.
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Border security -- United States.
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Interagency coordination -- United States.
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Information networks -- United States -- Management.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Border security. (OCoLC)fst01742239
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Civil-military relations. (OCoLC)fst00862889
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Drug control. (OCoLC)fst01032891
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Drug control -- Technological innovations.
(OCoLC)fst01431916
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Information networks -- Management.
(OCoLC)fst00972582
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Interagency coordination. (OCoLC)fst01739579
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Military law. (OCoLC)fst01021294
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Harting, Sarah, author.
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Mastbaum, Jason, author.
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Wong, Carolyn, 1952- author.
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Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division.
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International Security and Defense Policy Center.
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National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
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Rand Corporation.
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United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
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| Added Title |
Legal basis for using new sensor technologies for counterdrug operations along the United States border |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Gonzales, Daniel. Improving interagency information sharing using technology demonstrations. Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation, [2014] 9780833084941 (DLC) 2014935047 (OCoLC)874885905 |
| ISBN |
9780833085702 (electronic bk.) |
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0833085700 (electronic bk.) |
| Report No. |
RAND/RR-551-OSD |
