September 25th, 2009

Massive FBI Data Mining Revealed, Set to Expand

By Alex Newman, John Birch Society

“We have a situation where the government is spending fairly large sums of money to use an unproven technology that has a possibility of false positives that would subject innocent Americans to unnecessary scrutiny and impinge on their freedom,” explained Kurt Opsahl, an attorney for the privacy watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). “Before the NSAC expands its mission, there must be strict oversight from Congress and the public.”

Related Issues: FOIA Litigation for Accountable Government, Transparency

Related Cases: FOIA: DOJ's Investigative Data Warehouse

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