The DoD issued a statement yesterday that in effect said they erred by maintaining information on citizens deemed a non-credible threat.

The official said the database included police reports and law enforcement tips in a legitimate domestic security effort, but that it had mistakenly swept up and kept information on people who were not threats to launch terror attacks.

“We held onto things that should have been expunged because they weren’t a threat,” the official, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters.

Defense Undersecretary for Intelligence Stephen Cambone planned to send a letter to Congress explaining the error and promising to clean up the database and protect the privacy of innocent persons, the official added.

I’m much too tired to launch into a tirade calling shenanigans on the whole thing but for what it is worth I don’t believe them.

via Digg

/adjusts tin-foil hat

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