FBI Data-Mining Slashed After G-Men Dis Congress

Earlier today, a House appropriators voted to pull $11 million to expand a controversial FBI data-mining project, after the Bureau repeatedly stiff-armed Congressmen and their gumshoes in the Government Accountability Office. "By refusing to answer even the most basic questions about this program, the Department of Justice has given us little choice.In fact, we're only doing what they told us to do," said Rep. Brad Miller, D-N.C., in a statement.

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