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Pentagon's database on kids, schools to lose funds for not providing personal info

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3237413

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WASHINGTON - The Defense Department began working Wednesday with a private marketing company to create a database of all U.S. college students and high school students between 16 and 18 years old

Privacy advocates said the plan appeared to be an effort to circumvent laws that restrict the government's right to collect or hold citizen information by turning to private firms to do the work.

School systems that fail to provide that data risk losing federal funds

"But ... the collection of this information is not consistent with the Privacy Act, which was passed by Congress to reduce the government's collection of personal information on Americans."

According to the Federal Register notice, the data will be open to "those who require the records in the performance of their official duties."

The data includes social security numbers, driving records, e-mail addresses and "data obtained from commercial data brokers" which could be almost anything.

Cripes. What the fuck do they want to know their email addies for? So they can email them "vote for bush when you are 18" spam?

You missed the most important part of the article, the headline -> "Database targets teens as recruits for military"

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Originally Posted by iwantchixx

Cripes. What the fuck do they want to know their email addies for? So they can email them "vote for bush when you are 18" spam?

We're getting to paranoid about Bush now man!

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Originally Posted by woj

"Database targets teens as recruits for military"

I honestly don't see how these death dealers can get away with marketing their recruitment BS to underage children. Can you imagine the fervor if an adult webmaster would try to market porn to 16 year olds - yet somehow it's acceptable to convince children the same age to join an orginization that stands a good chance of leading to their demise or serious injury?

I have respect for people in the military -- but some of the bullshit they use to get reluctant recruits to join is fucking criminal. Being in the military isn't easy, see combat and your likely to have PTSD for the rest of your life.

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Originally Posted by woj

You missed the most important part of the article, the headline -> "Database targets teens as recruits for military"

You missed my most important point... that's a shitload of data on a shitload of people. We all know our government would never peruse data for other purposes. :disgust

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Originally Posted by theking

By law...every 18 year old has to register for the draft. I do not know it to be true but I would think that military recruiters would be allowed access to the draft boards registrants.

None the less...military recruiters...have basic information (name, phone, home address) of most graduating seniors anyhow as they recruit students to provide them with said information...when some schools will not allow them on campus access to students.

Personally I did not favor ending the draft and I am in favor of reinstating the draft...for multiple reasons.