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Originally Posted by longrange1947
Why do I get the feeling that 'some' feel that there is a room filled with thousands of guys, drinking gallons of coffee, and smoking tons of cigarettes listening in on everyone's phone conversations? 
Even if you said, from overseas to here to your best friend, "That party was the bomb"; no "one" would listen in on that conversation and no one would note who said it. Think about it.  |
Thought about it.
Here's a conjecture:
Given that there's a finite amount of human judgement which can be applied to the issue, there will be a sifting process.
After the data mining has been done, the actuaries cook up a nice little "profile" which maximizes the effectiveness of limited resources.
This "profile" would not likely be equally representative of all groups (ethnic, religious, etc.).
How much money could a good trial lawyer make off of this fact?
If, by chance, there existed some politicians who would put the needs of their career ahead of the nation's security, they might be tempted to make political hay once a the lawsuits began.
Let's just hope such politicians don't exist.
If telecom companies lost money in lawsuits as a consequence of all this they might be tempted to do something about it.
Perhaps they might invent ways to increase customer anonymity.
(which would encumber intelligence gathering efforts)
This way, they could fully cooperate with authorities and have some protection from civil liability associated with politically incorrect "profiles".
But then again, why would a for-profit company be motivated to protect their bottom line?
Whatever the details are, we can be assured (by the MSM) that any/all problems are Bush's fault.