Think
US Person might be slightly paranoid? Bitter? Too cynical? Well, air your grievances, it is the end of year. But before you dump on him read this special investigation by the
Washington Post, "Top Secret America". The multi-part article describes the massive effort underway to collect data on all "US persons",
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including employment history, regardless of any wrongdoing. 4,058 federal state and local law enforcement organizations now have responsibility for counterterrorism. 935 of these have been created since the 2001 terror attacks. As the collected digital information inevitably spreads throughout the national security apparatus, concerns are mounting that private personal information will end up in the public domain. Mouthed off to your, boss? Argument with your wife? Careful--big brother is watching you!.
