Forum Post: Article: "Data Mining You" worth a read

The use of tax money is an important consideration in this group re-think of how our society works (and doesn't). It's good to be aware of how large allocations of US tax dollars are going to increasing "security" in the sense of monitoring more and more of the private communication of US citizens on a regular basis. And now, saving that data for longer periods. Here's a link to an article by Tom Engelhardt on "new guidelines allowing the National Counter-terrorism Center (NCTC), a post-9/11 creation, to hold on to information about Americans in no way known to be connected to terrorism - about you and me, that is - for up to five years. (Its previous outer limit was 180 days.)" http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/ND05Dj02.html