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To: Lane3 who wrote (8835)	1/12/2006 12:09:31 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) of 541456

I'm trying to get some critical specificity as to just what the objection is. No broad slogans. No vague angst. Specific complaint. So it can be analyzed, not just waved around, and potentially turned into a solution to the problem. Aside from any Constitutional issues (I think it is unlawful and contrary to our founder's intent), there is a practical matter. Will this do more good than harm? 1) Terrorists already know about data mining and they are going to do something different. 2) Data mining is a technology (the full potential) in its infancy. The best they can do now is find out how much money you have and what you want to spend your money on and perhaps even to find out what movies and tv programs you want to see. If it doesn't work in those niches, so what? 3) To risk our basic foundations for freedom on an army of techies - so that they do not participate in abuse of these technologies is like betting the farm for not very much in return. Do you know what the minds of those techies are like? If Yahoo Chat is any indication, they make those on that thread you participate (pfp) seem like Rhodes Scholars and Supreme Court Justices.

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