When the government can’t legally dig up your medical records, call histories and voter registration information, it turns to the data mining company ChoicePoint–which has sucked up over $1 billion in federal contracts.

Do. Not. Miss. this article on how the frightening industry of data mining works.

Greg Palast:

… The leader in the field of what is called “data mining,” is a company called, “ChoicePoint, Inc,” which has sucked up over a billion dollars in national security contracts.

Worried about Dick Cheney listening in Sunday on your call to Mom? That ain’t nothing. You should be more concerned that they are linking this info to your medical records, your bill purchases and your entire personal profile including, not incidentally, your voting registration. Five years ago, I discovered that ChoicePoint had already gathered 16 billion data files on Americans — and I know they’ve expanded their ops at an explosive rate.

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