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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. grants to Israel by oliverthered · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well, it would only be 290 billion if 10bn hadn't been given to Israel for 'defence'

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