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Sunday, June 26, 2005


Tired of being freaked out about the possibility of the government seizing your property for a private entity under the guise of eminent domain? Then try this one on for size.
With the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan making it increasingly hard for the U.S. military to fill its ranks with recruits, the Pentagon has hired an outside marketing firm to help compile an extensive database about teenagers and college students that the military services could use to target potential enlistees.

The initiative, which privacy groups call an unwarranted government intrusion into private life, will compile detailed information about high school students ages 16 to 18, all college students, and Selective Service System registrants. The collected information will include Social Security numbers, e-mail addresses, grade-point averages and ethnicities.
Why stop with SSNs, GPAs and email? How 'bout high score on some violent X-box games, or perhaps BAL?



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