Comments on: More NSA/Phone Database Controversy

By: A Data Base Mgr

A Data Base Mgr — Sun, 14 May 2006 00:47:09 +0000

After 25 years in the database and customer service high tech business, and being involved with data bases for Fortune 500 companies, I can say that there is a pretty poor chance of obtaining any useful information unless some of the calls were “listened” to, contrary to what the goverment is trying to spin on this on.

By: All Things Beautiful

All Things Beautiful — Fri, 12 May 2006 15:49:40 +0000

Re-Hash Of An Old Story

Well excuse me for not being over-excited about a re-hash of an old story, the timing of which stinks to high heaven. AhemNo sooner had the man who ran the National Security Agency for years been nominated to head the CIA than USA Today rushed out deta…

By: Andy Vance

Andy Vance — Fri, 12 May 2006 04:33:02 +0000

Almost.

There’s also the wee chance that someone will want to access your convieniently indexed phone and e-mail records 5, 10, 15 years from now. Maybe when you apply for a govmint job, or a job with a company that does business with the guvmint. Maybe when you decide to run for city council. Maybe when the IRS notices something funny in your return. Maybe when your kid gets into radical politics at State U. Maybe when a friend of a friend of a friend gets caught up in some shady business…

Maybe you should be more careful who you associate with.

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Fri, 12 May 2006 01:55:21 +0000

The ACLU has a database of its own

Jay at Stop The ACLU has done some digging and low and behold, the same institution who slammed the admin for the latest NSA ’scandal’ – regarding datamining of ‘millions of phone calls’ – has (or at one point had) a data collec…