For more than a decade, the FBI has been working on a secretive database that houses extensive personal information on U.S. citizens, reports RT.com. Now, they claim their “Next Generation Identification,” or, “NGI” program, is more than 60% complete. But the privacy watchdog group EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center) has been suspicious of the program from the start, and after failed attempts of trying to obtain documents about the program through Freedom of Information Act requests, the group has decided to sue the agency for their failure to respond.
EPIC also claims that the program is an invasion of privacy, as it collects data on individuals who are neither criminals nor suspects, and says the program will be powerful enough to track down anyone, anywhere, at any time.
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