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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kosh on September 02, 2006, 01:57:02 am

Title: Students must be terrorists!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Kosh on September 02, 2006, 01:57:02 am

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/01/washington/01educ.html?ex=1314763200&en=44dfe85c44b33172&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

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Under the program, called Project Strikeback, the Education Department received names from the F.B.I. and checked them against its student aid database, forwarding information. Each year, the Education Department collects information from 14 million applications for federal student aid.

Title: Re: Students must be terrorists!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: NGTM-1R on September 02, 2006, 04:19:28 am

I don't really see the problem here.

You did knowingly give your information to the government, and the F.B.I. is asking for information on specific people, not getting everything on anyone who applies.

Title: Re: Students must be terrorists!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Rictor on September 02, 2006, 09:56:55 am

Project Strikeback? Do they have some 13-year old sitting around thinking up what sounds to him like coool soundng names? Oh US government, how you have fallen.

Title: Re: Students must be terrorists!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: vyper on September 02, 2006, 10:10:40 am

Indeed. "Mahattan Project" or "Operation Barbarossa"  vs. Project Strikeback.

Nah sucks balls really, doesn't it?

Title: Re: Students must be terrorists!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Janos on September 02, 2006, 10:24:44 am

operation Swordfish

Title: Re: Students must be terrorists!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Ulala on September 02, 2006, 12:44:15 pm

Reindeer effect!  :p

Title: Re: Students must be terrorists!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Polpolion on September 02, 2006, 12:50:41 pm

Quote from: Rictor on September 02, 2006, 09:56:55 am

Project Strikeback? Do they have some 13-year old sitting around thinking up what sounds to him like coool soundng names? Oh US government, how you have fallen.

It's not a cool name? :( I thought it was a cool name when I ma--- umm, never mind...       :p

Title: Re: Students must be terrorists!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: SadisticSid on September 02, 2006, 04:39:08 pm

I can't see how one could get indignant about this either. If the police in this country want to investigate you for criminal activities, they can get information on you held by the state with a warrant. Besides, it wouldn't make sense to investigate 14 million students for terrorist connections, or be feasible.