Congressional appropriators have directed the Homeland Security Department's inspector general to investigate one of the department's data-mining projects, saying it appears to lack clear guidelines ...

Analysts applauded the intentions of a bill introduced in Congress this week seeking to place greater checks and balances on the government’s use of data mining programs to combat terrorism. But they ...

Dozens of government data-mining programs collect private data about U.S. residents with few civil liberties safeguards, and some violate U.S. law, Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee ...

As expected, Democrats are delving into the Bush administration’s programs and peeling back the covers.On Jan. 10, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s first hearing of the new Congress looked at the ...

Dozens of U.S. government data-mining programs collect private data about U.S. residents with few civil liberties safeguards, and some violate U.S. law, Democratic members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary ...