Christmas Shopping

Kevin Robert Dean qualiall at union.org.za
Thu Nov 21 09:55:36 PST 2002


WASHINGTON — A massive database that the government will use to monitor every purchase made by every American citizen is a necessary tool in the war on terror, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

Edward Aldridge, undersecretary of Acquisitions and Technology, told reporters that the Pentagon is developing a prototype database to seek "patterns indicative of terrorist activity." Aldridge said the database would collect and use software to analyze consumer purchases in hopes of catching terrorists before it's too late. Full:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,70992,00.html --- Sent from UnionMail Service [http://mail.union.org.za]



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