cele domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home/hughmcguire/hughmcguire.net/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121I’ve been following the Gonzales scandal<\/a> pretty closely. Turns out, one of the complex parts of the growing (and worrying) scandal is government data mining<\/a> (NYTimes, reg required probably). <\/p>\n A 2004 dispute over the National Security Agency\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s secret surveillance program that led top Justice Department officials to threaten resignation involved computer searches through massive electronic databases, according to current and former officials briefed on the program.<\/p>\n It is not known precisely why searching the databases, or data mining, raised such a furious legal debate. But such databases contain records of the phone calls and e-mail messages of millions of Americans, and their examination by the government would raise privacy issues.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n