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Miami police arrest Ramon Ortega for burglary. At the
time of his booking and processing, police record biographical information
and photographs. For identification, Ortega shows police a Social Security
Card with the Social Security Account Number (SSAN) of 123-45-6789.
The department sends Ortega’s booking information to N DEx as
part of its daily batch submission.
N DEx automatically searches Ortega's
identifying
information (name, SSAN, etc) and identifies incident reports, indicating
that Ortega may
actually be David Fuller, an identified terrorism suspect believed
to have illegally entered the U.S.
Prior to this arrest, the San Diego Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF)
had set a subscription for Fuller’s name and SSAN in N DEx.
Based on this subscription and Fuller being on a Federal Terrorist
Watch
List, the San Diego JTTF receives an automatic notification of the
Ortega arrest
in Miami. In addition, N DEx automatically alerts Miami police of
the possibility that Ortega and Fuller are the same person.
A member
of the San Diego JTTF then contacts Miami authorities for further
information about Ortega/Fuller. Miami police forward their
information,
including fingerprints and mug shots using e-mail. This allows
San Diego to verify Fuller’s true identity, resulting in a request
that Miami hold Fuller for extradition to California.
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