FBI wishes to hold 6 billion records by 2012

[Andre II]

"The FBI is seeking $12 million in the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 for its Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force to set up a National Security Branch Analysis Center, with 59 employees, including 23 contractors and five FBI agents.

Justice Department budget documents submitted to Congress predict the center will hold 6 billion records by 2012 and "the universe of subjects will expand exponentially." That would equal "20 separate 'records' for each man, woman and child in the United States," the congressmen wrote."
http://www.charlotte.com/204/story/157446.html

[Taverner]

1. Nice

"Don't suspect a friend - REPORT them!"

[BootinUp]

2. What about aliens - you know outer space?

I think they need to start thinking googleplex and up.

[havocmom]

3. Some smart people have told me not to worry; too much data for them to actually look at...

but I am beginning to wonder about the 'need for foreign IT workers in America'. Somebody has to tend to all those mountains of data being built.

[niyad]

4. if it is the "foreign terrorist tracking network", WHY so much documentation on american citizens?