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F.B.I. Data Mining Reached Beyond Target Suspects
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 16:52:08 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: EEkid () aol com Date: September 8, 2007 4:50:45 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: F.B.I. Data Mining Reached Beyond Target Suspectshttp://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/09/washington/09fbi.html? ei=5124&en=7aebb5b9f0f50a7d&ex=1346990400&adxnnl=1&partner=permalink&exp rod=permalink&adxnnlx=1189284470-1ridd6KI6W83SFuNAUKaPA
"The F.B.I. cast a much wider net in its terrorism investigations than it has previously acknowledged by relying on telecommunications companies to analyze phone-call and e-mail patterns of the associates of Americans who had come under suspicion, according to newly obtained bureau records. The F.B.I. cast a much wider net in its terrorism investigations than it has previously acknowledged by relying on telecommunications companies to analyze phone-call and e- mail patterns of the associates of Americans who had come under suspicion, according to newly obtained bureau records. "
"The documents indicate that the Federal Bureau of Investigation used secret demands for records to obtain data not only on individuals it saw as targets but also details on their “community of interest” — the network of people that the target in turn was in contact with. The bureau recently stopped the practice in part because of broader questions raised about its aggressive use of the records demands, which are known as national security letters, officials said Friday after being asked about it."
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