b4u
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I dare say if Mark Dixie overstayed today, there would a warrant out for him.
Amalgamating legacy databases is almost impossible in some cases.
Not sure national security wish to share certain info with local police for certain reasons.
Security reasons for one.
How are you so sure there was not a warrant out for him back in 93 when he overstayed his visa?
Mapping legacy databases together using intermediary tables that normalise the relevant or critical data is never impossible.
Just a matter of how long it takes, how much it will cost, and how accurate the data going in and data coming out is.
The "big data" tools that "data scientist's" have at their disposal nowadays that can be used to work with large datasets in different structures and formats have advanced considerably in recent years.
Though you'd want to be extremely careful with how the data is used, given the potential severity and consequences of working with incorrect data for criminal and law enforcement purposes.
Agree with you on the National Security bit. They'll just share what they need to and are able to, and a more likely to be data users than data providers.
Wouldn't want to expose or interfere with any undercover security agency, law enforcement, or corporate mercenary assets on special ops for our friendly allies and home grown.