Posted on 11/14/2013 5:00:03 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
WASHINGTON — U.S. agencies collected and shared the personal information of thousands of Americans in an attempt to root out untrustworthy federal workers that ended up scrutinizing people who had no direct ties to the U.S. government and simply had purchased certain books.
Federal officials gathered the information from the customer records of two men who were under criminal investigation for purportedly teaching people how to pass lie detector tests. The officials then distributed a list of 4,904 people – along with many of their Social Security numbers, addresses and professions – to nearly 30 federal agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service, the CIA, the National Security Agency and the Food and Drug Administration. Although the polygraph-beating techniques are unproven, authorities hoped to find government employees or applicants who might have tried to use them to lie during the tests required for security clearances. Officials with multiple agencies confirmed that they’d checked the names in their databases and planned to retain the list in case any of those named take polygraphs for federal jobs or criminal investigations.
It turned out, however, that many people on the list worked outside the federal government and lived across the country. Among the people whose personal details were collected were nurses, firefighters, police officers and private attorneys, McClatchy learned. Also included: a psychologist, a cancer researcher and employees of Rite Aid, Paramount Pictures, the American Red Cross and Georgetown University.
Moreover, many of them had only bought books or DVDs from one of the men being investigated and didn’t receive the one-on-one training that investigators had suspected. In one case, a Washington lawyer was.....
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Always pay for books in cash.
Liberals lament “If only Bush were President!!!!”.
Well they would just love my Bible, my End Time reading and my latest the Billy Graham new book along with the fiction I read.
Thunder of Heaven Dr. Tim La Haye is a 4 book series on the End Times.
Then their is his 12 book series of Left Behind, and his 3 book series of Joshua Jordan super patriot and the end times.
We need a bumper sticker - Have you hugged your NSA handler today?
Quick- we all must get Rules For Radicals and any other hate America stuff we can find, just to cover our tracks!
Good Idea. Get all of Bill Errs Bammy's books too.
We all on a lot of lists!
And the lists are shared with a lot of different groups.
I'm sure you're in good company.
Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!
To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...
Oh those dirty Tea Party people...how dare they? /s
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