One Likes to Know Everything

A recent report from the Government Accounting Office notes the prevalence of data mining at government agencies from IRS to DHS. Slashdot has a gaggle of links.

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[Skeptikos]

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Hmmm...

"Busy, busy, busy..."

What a Bokononist might say about it all.
or
"Bill of rights? I don't need no stinkin' bill of rights. Only terrorists want those."

Privacy just ain't for US citizens no more.

[greg newburn]

I'm pretty sure it's still the "General Accounting Office."