MATRIX SHRINKS -- MAYBE

New York and Wisconsin are the latest states to pull out of the notorious MATRIX data mining effort. That means only five states are officially left in the program, according to Wired News.
But "whether they know it or not, at least 33 states have released government and commercial records on residents to MATRIX," the Salt Lake Tribune reports.
THERE'S MORE: The New York Times looks at MATRIX's rapid decline in Monday's edition.

New York and Wisconsin are the latest states to pull out of the notorious MATRIX data mining effort. That means only five states are officially left in the program, according to Wired News.
But "whether they know it or not, at least 33 states have released government and commercial records on residents to MATRIX," the Salt Lake Tribune reports.
THERE'S MORE: The New York Times looks at MATRIX's rapid decline in Monday's edition.