The ATF Wants To Know Who Your Friends Are

Posted by timothy on Friday April 5, 2013 @11:55AM from the do-you-have-any-friends-named-cody? dept.

i_want_you_to_throw_ writes "You have a Friend Request from: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms... 'Confirm'? 'Not Now'? Seriously, the ATF won't try to friend you on Facebook. The ATF doesn't just want a huge database to reveal everything about you with a few keywords. It wants one that can find out who you know. According to a recent solicitation from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the bureau is looking to buy a 'massive online data repository system' for its Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information (OSII)."

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Best friends? by Anne_Nonymous · 2013-04-05 12:20 · Score: 3, Funny

Jim Beam, Philip Morris, and the brothers Smith and Wesson, of course.
Say hello ... by PPH · 2013-04-05 12:42 · Score: 3, Funny

... to my little friend!

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The joke is on the ATF by trout007 · 2013-04-05 12:48 · Score: 3, Funny

I don't have friends.

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Re:Convenience Store by djl4570 · 2013-04-05 13:01 · Score: 4, Funny

Ahhh .. Deluxe Liquor and Sporting Goods in Roseville, Ca. How I miss thee. Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (Both rifles and handguns) in one convenient stop. Store closed years ago but the memories live on.