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Latest Revelations on the FBI's Data Mining of America

Posted by samzenpus on from the just-forward-your-mail-to-homeland-security dept.

An anonymous reader writes "You probably already knew that the FBI was data mining Americans in the "search" for potential terrorists, but did you know that they're also supposed to be looking for people in the U.S. engaged in criminal activity that is not really supposed to be the province of the federal government? Now the feds are alleged to be data mining for insurance fraudsters, identity thieves, and questionable online pharmacists. That's what they're telling us now. What else could they be looking for that they are not telling us about?"

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  1. What else are they tracking, you ask? by GoodbyeBlueSky1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The amount of porn everybody watches online. In thirty or so years when today's youth starts running for government office, mudslinging campaigns based on this knowledge (which by then will be hilariously declassified!) will be hugely entertaining and embarrassing for everyone involved.

    I think I've discovered the terrible future of reality TV.

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    why? forty-two.
    1. Re:What else are they tracking, you ask? by superdude72 · · Score: 4, Funny

      PS,
      If this were fark.com I'd be posting an image macro: "Ceiling Ashcroft... is watching you masturbate"

  2. Re:What's that? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I totally wanna join the FBI.

  3. Re:republicansarefuckingfascists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Clinton made me do it!

  4. Re:republicansarefuckingfascists by OverlordQ · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did you sleep through high school civics class? Let me step you through this: the FBI is an agency of the Department of Justice. The DoJ is part of the Executive Branch of the United States Federal Government. George W. Bush and his Administration have controlled this branch of government from 2001 until now.

    Oh thank God! I thought there was a House Judiciary Committee who oversee the administration of justice within the federal courts, administrative agencies and Federal law enforcement entities.
    Thanks for informing me that no such Committee exists and all the blame falls on the Executive Branch! I'm so relieved now.

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    Your hair look like poop, Bob! - Wanker.
  5. Re:Among other things? by mcrbids · · Score: 4, Funny

    [rouge angent|hacker|whatever]

    So, you think they'd sell Avon on the side?

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    I have no problem with your religion until you decide it's reason to deprive others of the truth.
  6. Re:this is news? by KoldKompress · · Score: 2, Funny

    I keep a normal life on my CC, metrocard, etc. but I also keep cash in a shoebox along with a cash only metrocard in the event I need to escape. Along with your three different passports under different names etc.
    Bond, is that you? Shouldn't you be posting anonymously?
  7. Re:Among other things? by walt-sjc · · Score: 4, Funny

    Whoosh.

  8. Re:Tag: republicans are... by Eunuchswear · · Score: 4, Funny

    Come off it, Republicans aren't facists, Mussolini made the trains run on time. When have this lot made anything work.

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    Watch this Heartland Institute video
  9. Re:That's Pre-Homeland Security by purplepolecat · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually, it's the CIA that is tasked with funding Osama.
    fixed!