The Monitor - McAllen, Texas: "Nonprofit Snoops?: Don't let groups red-flag names for feds
May 12,2005
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It could well have been just what a Department of Homeland Security press spokesman said, a response 'to a hypothetical question with a hypothetical answer.' But if Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is even toying with such an idea, he should think better of it.
According to National Journal reporter Siobhan Gorman, at a private meeting of security-industry officials organized by the Information Technology Association of America, Chertoff 'floated an idea to start a nonprofit group that would collect information on private citizens, flag suspicious activity and send names of suspicious people to his department.'"
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