Pentagon erred in domestic security database-official

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N14370910.htm

Pentagon erred in domestic security database-official

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - The Pentagon has built a massive security database to help protect U.S. military bases and troops that includes unwarranted information on Iraq war opponents and peace activists in the United States, a defense official said on Wednesday.

The official said the database included police reports and law enforcement tips in a legitimate domestic security effort, but that it had mistakenly swept up and kept information on people who were not threats to launch terror attacks.

"We held onto things that should have been expunged because they weren't a threat," the official, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters.

Defense Undersecretary for Intelligence Stephen Cambone planned to send a letter to Congress explaining the error and promising to clean up the database and protect the privacy of innocent persons, the official added.

[Supersedeas]

1. Yea....he planned to send a letter....LOL

[LiviaOlivia]

2. And we're supposed to believe Cambone?

Fuck Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and all their minions.

[Gman]

3. Gee I feel so much better now...

NOT!

Just the usual we-got-caught lies.

[aquart]

4. And this "cleanup" will take place WHEN?

[DELUSIONAL]

5. the military lies, has always lied and will always lie

I learned that lesson in grade school -- as a Navy brat.

Never ever believe anything the military says -- always demand supporting evidence.

[benddem]

6. actually it is the civilians

in the military like Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Hu, and Cambone that do the lying.

[DELUSIONAL]

13. military personnel are very able to lie on any subject without

the help of civilians.

Generally they lie TO civilians.

And then add this to the politicians who lie -- you have layers of lies and the truth (in the rare event that someone tells the truth) is lost among all the lying liars.

[truthisfreedom]

7. f*cking bullsh*t. i don't believe it for a second.

lying jarheads.

[MissWaverly]

8. This reminds of James Thurber's the dog that bit people

he was always sorry afterwards, they go do whatever they want and then when it's discovered,
oh right, we went over the bounds, we'll clean up our act.

[remfan]

9. Here's a little challenge for the DoD

Identify the "official" that feels he or she can speak ANONYMOUSLY to Reuters about a DoD databse that "mistakenly swept up and KEPT information" on American citizens.

Oh nooooooo, you're not brave enough to let the media use your name. You have to go off the record to explain the 'problem', and then go back on the record to be quoted about your 'solution'.

Just STFU, Cambone.

[indepat]

10. I hope Cambone's pants are fire-resistant

;)

[KerryOn]

11. Oh well...

I already new I was on a list anyway. Now this just confirmed it.
I new I never should have signed up for the civil disobedience on Sept 26th in Washington. I just new it.

Now I'm on their list.
Well they can jsut come and get me.

[Earth_First]

12. What a STARK difference in reporting from a mere 22 hours ago by MSNBC

22 hours ago it was a secret database, now it is an offically acknowledged program with "glitches" that will "assuredly be corrected..."

Someone stop this shennanigans!

[peacetalksforall]

14. bs bs bs This was Poindexter's coffee break project. And I'm sure it is

still a work in progress.

Anyone have a deck of cards to mutilate?

Take some photos of our thugs in residence and place Cheney ugly sneering face on the Ace. Place Rove and Libby on the King. Place Rice on the Queen. Place George on the Joker. Place Rumsfeld on the 10. Place Cambone on the 9. On second thought, it would degrade the heart, diamond, spade, and club.

Anyone out there believe this pimp? If yes, please sit down.