Newly Declassified FBI Docs Reveal Predictive Data System

Posted by timothy on Wednesday September 23, 2009 @09:15AM from the like-a-creepy-ad-for-ibm dept.

An anonymous reader writes 'Newly declassified documents show that the FBI is developing a data-mining system to uncover terror sleeper cells. Among the 1.6 billion records in the National Security Analysis Center — tens of thousands of travel records, including hotel and airline records. Other revelations in the documents uncovered by a Wired.com FOIA request show that the feds want to expand the system for use in cyber-crime investigations, and it's already been used to scrutinize helicopter pilots and Philly cab drivers. The system has eerie resemblances to DARPA's once-banned Total Information Awareness program."

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Re:Ssssssh! ACORN is giving tax advice to pimps! by timeOday · 2009-09-23 12:11 · Score: 0, Redundant

Maybe somebody can explain the furor over Acorn to me. When a cop is found to be crooked, is there a big outcry to de-fund the police? Of course not. I remember a guy selling pot from the McDonald's drive-thru, but I don't remember any big movement to revoke McDonald's corporate license, either. So what is this really about?