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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released internal federal documents detailing how FBI agents are creating false or deceptive profiles online to gather more personal information on Americans.<\/p>\n

From the Associated Press story: <\/p>\n

\nU.S. law enforcement agents are following the rest of the Internet world into popular social-networking services, going undercover with false online profiles to communicate with suspects and gather private information, according to an internal Justice Department document that offers a tantalizing glimpse of issues related to privacy and crime-fighting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

… More details here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

hat tip to Tom Blanton’s Project for a New American Revolution<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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