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FBI Data Mining For More Than Just Terrorists
jcatcw writes "Computerworld reports that the FBI is using data mining programs to track more than just terrorists. The program's original focus was to identify potential terrorists, but additional patterns have been developed for identity theft rings, fraudulent housing transactions, Internet pharmacy fraud, automobile insurance fraud, and health-care-related fraud. From the article: 'In a statement, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the report [on the data mining] was four months late and raised more questions than it answered. The report "demonstrates just how dramatically the Bush administration has expanded the use of [data mining] technology, often in secret, to collect and sift through Americans' most sensitive personal information," he said. At the same time, the report provides an "important and all-too-rare ray of sunshine on the department's data mining activities," Leahy said. It would give Congress a way to conduct "meaningful oversight" he said.'"
Well that's not a problem for the US President (US - un-suitable, un-satisfactory, un-sanitory), after all, he has a whole corrupt administration the pick up the bag for him when he takes some time off, so yeah, 24/7 the corruption continues ;).
Chaos - everything, everywhere, everywhen
Congress has shown that it will do jack shit about the Bush Administration's trampling of our laws, and will do jack in the future about it. They are all crooks. Period.
Clinton wasn't unseated, he was impeached, but he remained president till the end of his second term.
Dem / Rep, they are both the same. They both want power and will do with it what they want. Personally, I'd rather have someone in office who couldn't keep his dick in his pants, than someone in office that could stop getting us into needless wars. Bush Jr. sucks dick! I'd rather have 4 more years of Regan or Bush Sr. than this moron we have in office now, and I'm NOT a dem!
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It is a first step in determining that there is insider trading going on. It's pretty successful. Your stats are wrong, and you are completely out of touch with the real world of law enforcement. If you are paranoid about cops planting evidence to send you to prison.... I don't even know where to begin. You are a lost cause. Just stay out of my way.