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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. Stop the oppressors! by SamP2 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yep, they should definitely be stopped.
    Then again, we should also stop local law enforcement from catching identity thieves too, after all, they also keep records!
    And to think of it, we should outlaw anti-phishing sites -- they invade the phishers' privacy rights by keeping tabs on their activities.
    And stopping people from sending me emails about 3n14r91n9 my p3n15 is clearly an infringement on their freedom of speech rights.
    And regulating questionable online pharmacies is infringement on the freedom of contract. I mean, if I choose to buy drugs made in some dude's basement, it's my own right to make a contract, and if I die from them, it's my own fault.

    Yea, phishers, online "pharmacies", and identity thieves are sure heaps better than those blasted feds who are only here to oppress us, eh?

  2. Re:republicansarefuckingfascists by OverlordQ · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hey thanks for playing. Too bad the Democrats do the exact same thing.

    Try again next time ya hear.

    Oh BTW, putting the Ayatollah in charge of Iran really worked out well for you Democrats didn't it.

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  3. Good. by WheelDweller · · Score: 0, Troll

    Isn't that what we _pay_ them to do, in the first place?

    Why does everything the governent does come as some sort of lethal, subversive crime? Colgate/Palmolive knows much more about you, than them.

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  4. So... by mwvdlee · · Score: 0, Troll

    Where is this "land of the free" of yours then?

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  5. Nope, and it wasn't even a very good try by dharbee · · Score: 0, Troll

    Looks like you are trying to "wriggle out of admitting you were wrong".

    Why am I not surprised.