The Agency That Could Be Big Brother - New York Times [clip]

An interesting article that highlights issues with data mining.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/25/weekinreview/25bamford.html
The Agency That Could Be Big Brother

By JAMES BAMFORD

Published: December 25, 2005

DEEP in a remote, fog-layered hollow near Sugar Grove, W.Va., hidden by fortress-like mountains, sits the country's largest eavesdropping bug. Located in a "radio quiet" zone, the station's large parabolic dishes secretly and silently sweep in millions of private telephone calls and e-mail messages an hour.....