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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. Leakers! by slashqwerty · · Score: 5, Interesting
    What else could they be looking for that they are not telling us about?

    They're looking for 'leakers' who spread misinformation through government documents. Once they identify which government official's cell phone was in the same vicinity as the reporter who published the leaks they're gonna smack the leaker down.

    Oh. They're also digging up dirt to discredit the leakers.

  2. Re:What else are they tracking, you ask? by Kadin2048 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This is why it's critically important to lower the signal-to-noise ratio, by sending filthy pornography to everyone you know.

    Do it for America.

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  3. FBI mining data...with what? by unitron · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Is this the same FBI that has been in the news in the past few years for not being able to get a decent modern computer system in spite of throwing millions of our tax dollars at the problem?

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