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To: steve who wrote (25608)	3/13/2004 10:56:24 PM
From: ChrisJP	Respond to of 26039

wow !! Thanks for posting all of that. Like I posted earlier, the problem isn't really with the either IDENT or IAFIS. Both did their jobs of fingerprint identification. The issue is that currently most Border Patrol stations don't have direct access to the criminal histories (also known as "rap" sheets") stored in IAFIS/NCIC. WIN/AFIS is supposed to get the rap sheets when the get an IDENT hit that indicates there is information in NCIC on the subject. WIN/AFIS did this but didn't have the current phone number for the Border Patrol station. I could go on, but the problem had more to do with a "procedural breakdown" than it did with lack of systems integration. The problem in the 1998 Ramirez case was that the FBI agent who had the fingerprints on Ramirez sent them to the FBI, but didn't know he was supposed to send them to IDENT. So when the Border Patrol kept catching him, they kept letting him go, because the IDENT system didn't know he was a wanted criminal. The ability for Border Patrol to search both IDENT and IAFIS at the same time exists. The only reason why it isn't at all Border Patrol stations is lack of funding. Chris