Accuracy of Information
Operational information will be verified or checked as part of the normal procedures associated with day-to-day tasks of the FBI Special Agents, Intelligence Analysts and other SENTINEL users. The procedures associated with criminal investigations, national security intelligence production, and scientific support performed by the FBI, which include multiple levels of oversight and review both internally and externally to the Bureau, ensure that information is checked for accuracy. SENTINEL’s workflow design will aid the review process. In addition, it is standard practice in law enforcement and intelligence analysis to corroborate and verify the accuracy of personal information from as many sources as are available before acting upon it—and that practice will be followed in the SENTINEL case management system as well. This practice is driven not only by the desire to protect the privacy of persons whose information is in SENTINEL, but also by the imperative to ensure that resources are properly used and focused where they will do the most good.
Disposition
Information from SENTINEL is subject to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Information entered into SENTINEL is kept according to the appropriate record schedule for that individual record. The record schedule depends on and is determined by the type of data or the case classification. For example, a case in SENTINEL could be a Public Corruption case, Counterterrorism, or a Terrorism case. FBI’s Records Management Division (RMD) follows processes and procedures for disposition schedules depending on the type of record maintained within SENTINEL.