The Bush Justice Department endorsed such proposals under Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Tomorrow's announcement demonstrates that the Obama Justice Department is following suit and appears to be its first public statement embracing mandatory data retention.
Our glorious pundits will no doubt leap all over this as a job-killing invasion of privacy. Maybe they should do something about the banks' retention of our mortgages, eh?
:: posted by buermann @ 2011-01-25 14:16:56 CST |
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