Wednesday, February 28, 2007

New Profiling Program Raises Privacy Concerns


Ellen Nakashima and Alec Klein, The Washington Post


The Department of Homeland Security is testing a data-mining program that would attempt to spot terrorists by combing vast amounts of information about average Americans, such as flight and hotel reservations. Similar to a Pentagon program killed by Congress in 2003 over concerns about civil liberties, the new program could take effect as soon as next year.

I can't be the only one to notice that this administration is far more interested in tracking people than cargo.

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