Pentagon Expanding Domestic Surveillance Activity -- Next Stop -- Your House

Break out the popcorn and porn--these guys will be sooo disappointed if there's nothing at your house for them to report.:

"Modifications also were made in the provision allowing the FBI to share information with the Pentagon and CIA, requiring the approval of the director of national intelligence, John D. Negroponte, for that to occur, and requiring the Pentagon to make reports to Congress on the subject. Wyden said the legislation 'now strikes a much fairer balance by protecting critical rights for our country's citizens and advancing intelligence operations to meet our security needs.'

Kate Martin, director of the Center for National Security Studies, said the data-sharing amendment would still give the Pentagon much greater access to the FBI's massive collection of data, including information on citizens not connected to terrorism or espionage.

The measure, she said, 'removes one of the few existing privacy protections against the creation of secret dossiers on Americans by government intelligence agencies.' She said the Pentagon's 'intelligence agencies are quietly expanding their domestic presence without any public debate.'"