U.S. Gov't Spent $30M On Citizens' Personal Info

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday June 20, 2006 @02:25AM from the someone-call-will-rogers-about-that-payment-thing dept.

infosec_spaz writes "According to a news story on Yahoo! News, the U.S. Government has spent US$30 million in the last year on buying citizens' personal phone records from online brokers...The very ones who Congress is trying to put out of business." From the Article:"Congressional investigators estimated the U.S. government spent $30 million last year buying personal data from private brokers. But that number likely understates the breadth of transactions, since brokers said they rarely charge law enforcement agencies any price." "So...who is getting all of BellSouth, SBC(AT&T) and other phone records?"

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Crap by hnile_jablko · 2006-06-20 02:36 · Score: 0, Troll

Man: I swear Mr. Secret Service man, had no idea that number could easily be read as 1-TER-ROR-ISTS, but when I dialled the number from the ad, it was offering a free non-commital BJ and some Pringles. Seriously, I am a slashdotter junkie.. you understand?
Secret Service Man: Cut him loose.