Is the Gov't Spying on us? -=UPDATE=-

According to this article from Reuters, The Pentagon admitted that they made a mistake and will expunge the data. I just wish there was a way for them to prove it.

All they have to do is to pull an archived version on a backup tape and all the data is restored.

Charles Aldinger of Reuters writes:

The Pentagon has built a massive security database to help protect U.S. military bases and troops that includes unwarranted information on Iraq war opponents and peace activists in the United States, a defense official said on Wednesday.

The official said the database included police reports and law enforcement tips in a legitimate domestic security effort, but that it had mistakenly swept up and kept information on people who were not threats to launch terror attacks.

"We held onto things that should have been expunged because they weren't a threat," the official, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters.

Defense Undersecretary for Intelligence Stephen Cambone planned to send a letter to Congress explaining the error and promising to clean up the database and protect the privacy of innocent persons, the official added.

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