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[[File:Dhs-fast.png|thumb|450px|right|Artist's concept showing projected use of Future Attribute Screening Technology]]
The program was under the [[Homeland Security Advanced Research Agency]] and the [[Science & Technology Human Factors Behavior Science Division]] of DHS.<ref name=hstoday/> In a meeting held on July 24, 2008, the DHS Under Secretary Jay Cohen stated, the goal is to create a new technology that would be working in real time as opposed to after a crime is already committed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/privacy/privacy_datamining_July24_2008_minutes.pdf|title=dhs.gov}}</ref>
The DHS science spokesman John Verrico stated in September 2008 that preliminary testing had demonstrated 78% accuracy on mal-intent detection and 80% on deception.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1891|title=Future Attribute Screening Technologies Precrime Detector: Science Fiction in the News|website=www.technovelgy.com}}</ref> However, this was not a controlled, double-blind study, and researchers from Lawrence University and the Federation of American Scientists have questioned its validity without further evidence.<ref name=nature1/>
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*[[Thoughtcrime]]
*[[Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response team]] (VIPR)
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