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Don't Worry, We're Not From The Government

Posted by timothy on from the small-comforts dept.

PolarBear3 writes "It seems that MSNBC.com is reporting that the government (U.S.) is looking to the private sector to data mine against it's [citizens|terrorists] since they are prevented by law from doing so themselves. Two quotes: 'People in the government, very much so in the Justice Department, have been playing out a lust for information that is not consistent with who we have been as a nation' & 'A range of laws limits how government can collect and use information on its citizens. The private sector, by contrast, operates under fewer restrictions.' Seems to show a nation fighting itself."

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  1. No more April Fool's. by Daleks · · Score: 5, Funny

    Haw haw. It's April 2nd now. No more jokes. This is a joke, right?

  2. Problem solved by pubjames · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know why they don't just make up new names for things to get round silly restrictive laws. If there is a law that says government departments cannot pry into cizitens too much, why don't they just create a new department and call it, for instance "Not a Government Department". Then when lawers say "you can't do that" they can say, but it's "Not a Government Department", so your silly laws don't count! Even better, they could move "Not a Government Department" to another country with less restrictive laws.

    After all, this is exactly what they've done with Guatemalan Bay and the "Unlawful Combatants".