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Senate Wants Database Dragnet

Posted by samzenpus on from the big-brother dept.

Doc Ruby writes "Wired reports that the "Senate could pass a bill as early as Wednesday evening that would let government counter-terrorist investigators instantly query a massive system of interconnected commercial and government databases that hold billions of records on Americans".

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  1. What's New? by Jsutton1027w · · Score: 0, Redundant
    a massive system of interconnected commercial and government databases that hold billions of records on Americans


    I've heard of something like this already, I think Al Gore created it...It's called the Internet.