Pentagon says improper data in security database (peace activists info)

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N05281195.htm

Pentagon says improper data in security database


WASHINGTON, April 5 (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Wednesday an internal review launched after revelations that it had collected data on U.S. peace activists found that some information stored in a database of possible terrorist threats should not have been kept there.

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said that "less than 2 percent" of the more than 13,000 entries in the database provided through the so-called Talon reporting system "should not have been there or should have been removed at a certain point in time."

Whitman declined to state the nature of these entries or the people they involved, noting that the contents of the database were classified.

In disclosing results of the internal review, Whitman also said the Pentagon was putting in place new safeguards and oversight intended to prevent data from being improperly stored in the database.

[Demeter]

1. They Wanted It in a REALLY, REALLY Secret Place

Sometimes they disgust me beyond all previous high water marks.

[Lostnote06]

2. 2% Milk?

......if these groups were electronically "tapped" could the 2% sue da bastards?...

[Supersedeas]

4. exactly - they CANNOT and WILL disclose what they know is WRONG

[cyberpj]

3. There's that "Talon" word again....... nt.

[Marie26]

5. Didn't PBS's "Now" do a report on this? nt

[Viva_La_Revolution]

6. It was illegal to even "gather" it, let alone keep the records...

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The review was announced in December after revelations that the database, a repository of data on potential terrorist threats to Pentagon personnel or facilities, included information on American citizens including peace activists and others who did not represent a genuine security threat.

The Pentagon is legally restricted in the types of information it can gather about activities and individuals inside the United States.

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