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December 25, 2005

NSA USING GOOGLE SEARCHES TO TRY AND FIND TERRORISTS

The volume of information gathered by the National Security Agency without court-approved warrants was much larger than the White House has acknowledged, the New York Times reported Saturday.  Citing current and former government officials, the Times said the information was collected by a massive effort to google potential terrorists, including any Americans with any kind of suspicious activity.  While the Administration refused to comment, Yahoo was quick to point out that its search engine was also used, though admittedly not as often.

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December 25, 2005 in Outside Politics | Permalink