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DHS Ends Data-Mining Program

Posted by samzenpus on from the and-i-have-a-bridge-to-sell-you dept.

ExE122 writes "The Department of Homeland Security has "scrapped an ambitious anti-terrorism data-mining tool." The tool, called ADVISE, was being tested with live data rather than test data without having proper security in place. This program had already been under criticism by privacy advocates and members of Congress. However, according to the article, a DHS spokesman assures that the program will be restarted once the security and cost are re-evaluated."

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  1. Re:Does this mean I'm off the list? by Chris+Burke · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Kinda like the guy named Barack Hussein Obama?

    It's sad, but I do really think that both being black and being named Barack Hussein Obama pretty much nix any chance of him being elected regardless of any consideration of what kind of president he would be.

    But on the other hand, if we do elect a black man whose middle name is the name of an ex-dictator and whose last name is easily confused with that of an international terrorist, I will shed a tear and salute the flag of the greatest country on earth.

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