US Gov't to spider net for terrorism

[DarkMatter]

US plans massive data sweep

The US government is developing a massive computer system that can collect huge amounts of data and, by linking far-flung information from blogs and e-mail to government records and intelligence reports, search for patterns of terrorist activity.

It would collect a vast array of corporate and public online information - from financial records to CNN news stories - and cross-reference it against US intelligence and law-enforcement records.

here's a serp you don't want to be in the top 10 for....

slashdot says they are going to use Alexa Websearch but I don't see anything about it in the article.

[BradBristol]

You mean they don't already?

You can bet that as soon as I spot this spider it will be receiving a 403 from my properties.

The US Gov wants to look at my stuff they can get a warrant...

[mcanerin]

That gives me goosebumps...and not in a good way

Gee, I wonder if the completely-out-of-character announcement that they foiled an attack in LA was part of the "softening up" process leading to THIS announcement?

Nah, that would be cynical.

Ian

[BradBristol]

I wonder if the US GOV plans on reembursing site owners for the bandwidth that they are going to use??? Or does the US Gov feel this is just another 'tax'?

[Robert_Charlton]

The Apache SpamAssassin Project had better watch itself, so to speak.

[ewc21]

Would this be America's version of China's censorship?

At least we're not China, eh? Am I right? Am I right? No? OK.

[andrewgoodman]

I can feel my computer getting slower already.