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December 14, 2012 10:50 pm GMT
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Federal Government Reportedly Vastly Expands Big Data Spying, Includes Innocent Citizens
After fierce internal controversy, the White House has reportedly authorized a vast expansion of spying capabilities, including the ability to investigate innocent citizens and mine previously separated databases."This is a sea change in the way that the government interacts with the general public," said chief privacy officer of the Department of Homeland Security Mary Ellen Callahan, whose concerns were steamrolled, according to an investigatory report by The Wall Street Journal. One senior official called the expanded powers "breathtaking" in scope.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/fX_cmUuAgD0/
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