Big Brother is watching you

ReddHedd at firedoglake just shook me wide awake with this one.

...The federal government is trolling the internet and beyond, in an all-day, all-night crawl, storing everything in its path and sifting through the datapile, compiling file upon file, according to the Christian Science Monitor. (via TalkLeft.) All without any adequate oversight from Congress or any set privacy protocols or research into appropriate privacy technology. Shocking, I know...

...It's one thing to suspect that something like this is going on. It's another thing entirely to know there is documentary evidence that it is, indeed, an ongoing project and that members of Congress have no clue what the Administration is actually doing because they haven't been adequately briefed. Again...

Make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck? Yeah, me too. And then there's this:

Think this doesn't apply to you? Think again. The GAO reported that there were over 200 Federal datamining efforts -- with only 14 of those concentrating on counter-terrorism efforts.

Go read her whole post. In the hands of this particular administration, which breaches the public trust every single day, this is truly terrifying.