[ NNSquad ] US changes course, allows massive surveillance of innocent citizens' files for years

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

US changes course, allows massive surveillance of innocent citizens'
files for years

http://j.mp/12b9wBw  (WSJ / Yahoo)

   "The rules now allow the little-known National Counterterrorism Center
    to examine the government files of U.S. citizens for possible criminal
    behavior, even if there is no reason to suspect them. That is a
    departure from past practice, which barred the agency from storing
    information about ordinary Americans unless a person was a terror
    suspect or related to an investigation.  Now, NCTC can copy entire
    government databases-flight records, casino-employee lists, the names
    of Americans hosting foreign-exchange students and many others. The
    agency has new authority to keep data about innocent U.S. citizens for
    up to five years, and to analyze it for suspicious patterns of
    behavior. Previously, both were prohibited."

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--Lauren--
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