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Sylvia Caras <[log in to unmask]>
Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:12:18 -0700
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A 2004 survey by the U.S. General Accounting Office, an investigative 
arm of Congress, found federal agencies operating or developing 199 
data mining projects, with more than 120 programs designed to collect 
and analyze large amounts of personal data on individuals to predict 
their behavior. Since the accounting office excluded most of the 
classified projects, the actual numbers would likely have been far higher.

http://technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?ch=infotech&sc=&id=16741&pg=1


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