Intelligence Improperly Collected on U.S. Citizens

I think what's scary is that this doesn't get me nearly as angry as it used to.<p>EDIT: Actually the incidents in the article are fairly tame. There are much more egregious examples.

Doesn't sound good at first glance. In defense of their actions is that by studying different groups (and I mean that in the mathematical sense) you will make whatever you are looking for stand out much clearer. Creating patterns of each group might make forecasting their actions a bit easier and be able to pick up an unknown group within the general population. Just my thoughts.

I am shocked. SHOCKED!

"In all three cases, after other Homeland Security Department officials raised concerns, copies of the reports were destroyed. The agency also held a workshop on intelligence-gathering “while ensuring the protection of civil rights and civil liberties”<p>Someone made an error. They corrected themselves. iow, nothing happened.