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Old 08-01-2013, 02:51 PM  
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Google 'Pressure Cookers' and 'Backpacks,' Get a Visit from the Cops


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http://www.theatlanticwire.com/natio...earches/67864/

"Michele Catalano was looking for information online about pressure cookers. Her husband, in the same time frame, was Googling backpacks. Wednesday morning, six men from a joint terrorism task force showed up at their house to see if they were terrorists. Which prompts the question: How'd the government know what they were Googling?

The men identified themselves as members of the "joint terrorism task force." The composition of such task forces depend on the region of the country, but, as we outlined after the Boston bombings, include a variety of federal agencies. Among those agencies: the FBI and Homeland Security."

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http://www.theatlanticwire.com/natio...earches/67864/
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