Census Now Limiting Arab Data-Sharing

[Rose Siding]

DEARBORN, Mich. -- The U.S. Census Bureau says it is ending a practice of routinely turning over detailed information about Arabs or other minorities to anti-terrorism officials without high-level approval.

The Census Bureau revealed Aug. 13 that it had been reporting demographic data about Arab Americans to a Homeland Security agency. The bureau said it only was providing population numbers and not names, addresses or other private details.

Responding to requests over the past two years from the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, the Census Bureau said it had provided files that included a count of U.S. residents of Arab descent in certain ZIP codes. It said names and street addresses were not included.

The release drew sharp criticism from some advocacy groups, which said it undermined the public's trust.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-census-arabs,0,1321483.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[babylon_system]

1. Whew, what a relief! I'm sure they won't get high-level approval

from Ashcroft, Bush, Ridge, Scalia or some Israeli spy in the Pentagon.
I can now feel as though my rights are being protected by people who I can trust.

[The Stranger]

2. They have to know where to build the camps.

[atreides1]

3. A Little Late

Isn't it?

[struggle4progress]

4. kick

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