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Government Data Collection Efforts More
Widespread than Previously Believed
by Heywood U. Reedmore
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Washington was set afire last week when
the USA Today re-broke a story the New York Times broke last
December. According to the articles, the National Security Agency
(NSA) has been collecting phone records from the three largest
phone companies.
The secret program, which was launched after the attacks of 9/11 in
an effort to try and deduce the calling patterns of terrorists was
criticized by Democrats like Patrick Leahy, as a violation of the rights
of Americans.
Just the Tip of the Iceberg
But according to an investigation by Spolitics.com, this is just one of
many data collection efforts by the Bush Administration. Under Bush’
s stewardship, the U.S. Government is collecting all types of private
information from ordinary Americans who are not suspected of any
wrongdoing.
they want to know where we have our money invested and ask us
for a detailed list of all our expenses.
Violating Our Rights
For years, congressional Republicans have been fighting to shut this
agency down, claiming it’s too powerful and places too great a
burden on the freedoms and rights of Americans.
system, there would be no need for the IRS and their data collection
efforts.
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Widespread than Previously Believed
by Heywood U. Reedmore
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Washington was set afire last week when
the USA Today re-broke a story the New York Times broke last
December. According to the articles, the National Security Agency
(NSA) has been collecting phone records from the three largest
phone companies.
The secret program, which was launched after the attacks of 9/11 in
an effort to try and deduce the calling patterns of terrorists was
criticized by Democrats like Patrick Leahy, as a violation of the rights
of Americans.
Just the Tip of the Iceberg
But according to an investigation by Spolitics.com, this is just one of
many data collection efforts by the Bush Administration. Under Bush’
s stewardship, the U.S. Government is collecting all types of private
information from ordinary Americans who are not suspected of any
wrongdoing.
- The government is
collecting our names,
where we live, our phone
numbers, even who we
marry and how many kids
we have. The agency in
charge of this data
collection, know as the
IRS, also collects
information on how we
they want to know where we have our money invested and ask us
for a detailed list of all our expenses.
Violating Our Rights
For years, congressional Republicans have been fighting to shut this
agency down, claiming it’s too powerful and places too great a
burden on the freedoms and rights of Americans.
system, there would be no need for the IRS and their data collection
efforts.
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Democrats Committed to IRS Data Collection
Ironically, the same Democrats who abhor by the secret NSA
program are deeply committed to maintaining the IRS data collection
program. In fact, they favor expanding this agency’s role in the
lives of ordinary Americans. Democrats even want this agency to
start collecting information on whether or not Americans are
homosexual and currently in a committed relationship.
When asked to comment on the apparent contradiction, Senator
John Kerry said, "We don't want to collect this kind of data from
everyone, just the richest one percent of Americans."
Ironically, the same Democrats who abhor by the secret NSA
program are deeply committed to maintaining the IRS data collection
program. In fact, they favor expanding this agency’s role in the
lives of ordinary Americans. Democrats even want this agency to
start collecting information on whether or not Americans are
homosexual and currently in a committed relationship.
When asked to comment on the apparent contradiction, Senator
John Kerry said, "We don't want to collect this kind of data from
everyone, just the richest one percent of Americans."
| ________________________________________________________ In an effort to better understand the Democratic Party’s stance on data collection, we hear at Spolitics.com have started the following list detailing where Democrats believe our privacy should be protected, and where they want information collected. |
Democrats do not believe this
information should be private:
information should be private:
- Our name
- The name of our spouse
- If homosexual, the name of
our life partner - How many children we have
- Whether or not we adopted
- Whether or not we’re caring
for an elderly parent - Where we live
- Our phone number
- How much money we make
- Who pays us
- Whether or not we own our
house - How much we’re paying for
college - Whether or not we borrowed
money for college - Whether or not we’re saving
for our children’s college - Whether we’ve moved
recently - Whether we own our own
business - Whether we own property
that we rent to others - What kind of retirement
accounts we have - Whether we collect a pension
- Where our money is invested
- How much we earn of those
investments - Have we paid any taxes to
foreign governments - Health care expenses
- All other expenses
Democrats believe this
information should be protected:
information should be protected:
- What books we check out
from the library - Our phone number
- What phone numbers we dial
- Whether or not we’re calling
known terrorist overseas - (During the 1950’s) whether
or not we’re actively working
for the Comintern in Moscow
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