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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Big Brother is Reading Over Your Shoulder

According to Wired Magazine, the Department of Homeland Security is keeping wide ranging information on international travelers entering the country:
Privacy advocates obtained database records showing that the government routinely records the race of people pulled aside for extra screening as they enter the country, along with cursory answers given to U.S. border inspectors about their purpose in traveling. In one case, the records note Electronic Frontier Foundation co-founder John Gilmore's choice of reading material, and worry over the number of small flashlights he'd packed for the trip.
Undoubtedly they're looking hard for the people who carry Al Queada training manuals.

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