The Defense Department built a giant database of “geospatial” information, including data on churches, mosques, schools and other locations in the United States, Knight Ridder reports tonight from its Washington bureau.
The work was performed by MZM Inc., the company once owned by Mitchell Wade, who has admitted to several felony counts of bribery and conspiracy in the Randy “Duke” Cunningham scandal.
The Pentagon built the database at its Counterintelligence Field Activities office, known as CIFA, which has made headlines for recording protest activities by U.S. citizens. Its mission is to protect defense facilities against foreign terrorists and spies.
