F.B.I. Data Mining Reached Beyond Initial Targets

F.B.I. Data Mining Reached Beyond Initial Targets

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 — 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 patterns

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Overkill. It's never enough is it?

Officials at other American intelligence agencies, like the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency, have explored using link analysis to trace patterns of communications sometimes two, three or four people removed from the original targets

[imo]If there was ever any doubt that you or I are of interest, then that idea can be laid to rest. The way this story reads, the Alphabet Companies seem interested in everyone. [/imo]

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