FBI now spying on your garbage

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according to this, the US is getting to more like east germany every day.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/155942.html

FBI now spying on your garbage
Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:35AM



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Former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents are helping local authorities turn thousands of garbage collectors into a spy force that reports to the police.


Reports say 100 Waste Management employees have already gone through a training program called Waste Watch, CBS 6 Albany/WRGB reported on Friday.

"Because our job is collecting trash from local neighborhoods and businesses, we are a useful resource to identify illegal activity, or to help prevent a minor mishap from turning into a dangerous situation," said Ken Bevis, district manager of Waste Management in Albany, New York.

Bevis added that all Waste Management drivers, helpers, and repair technicians have been trained to look out for suspicious activities and respond in the event of an emergency.

Officials believe that garbage collectors who go through the same route every day are able to recognize situations that are not normal.

Police hope that they will be able to help keep streets clear of crime as well. But not everyone is sold on the idea.

Waste Watch is already active in 100 communities across the United States. The total figure of informants could already number at least 10,000 nationwide.

Critics say the program is an example of how the United States is turning into an East German-style informant society.

RZS/HGL
 
Kyle is right - you can build up quite a profile about someone, then once you have said profile you can sell it to the highest bidder...before long you will get stuff in the mail from these outfits, now most free thinkers such as yourself will ignore these intrusions but soem of your fellow citizens will actually relish the attention, some folk take comfort in being looked after and nudged in the right direction
 
My garbage is totally boring. And I'm sure pretty smelly by the time it gets picked up by the garbage trucks.

I shred or burn anything that I think might be useful to a thief.... or the FBI....

Stuff that I just toss in the garbage is usually covered with used kitty litter.... dog dodo.... scraps of food, peels, and assorted bathroom trash such as used kleenex, kotex, etc.

I mean..... have at it if they want to. I don't want the stuff back anyway.
 
TommyTooter said:
according to this, the US is getting to more like east germany every day.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/155942.html

FBI now spying on your garbage
Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:35AM



shafabakhsh20101218003830513.jpg


Former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents are helping local authorities turn thousands of garbage collectors into a spy force that reports to the police.


Reports say 100 Waste Management employees have already gone through a training program called Waste Watch, CBS 6 Albany/WRGB reported on Friday.

"Because our job is collecting trash from local neighborhoods and businesses, we are a useful resource to identify illegal activity, or to help prevent a minor mishap from turning into a dangerous situation," said Ken Bevis, district manager of Waste Management in Albany, New York.

Bevis added that all Waste Management drivers, helpers, and repair technicians have been trained to look out for suspicious activities and respond in the event of an emergency.

Officials believe that garbage collectors who go through the same route every day are able to recognize situations that are not normal.

Police hope that they will be able to help keep streets clear of crime as well. But not everyone is sold on the idea.

Waste Watch is already active in 100 communities across the United States. The total figure of informants could already number at least 10,000 nationwide.

Critics say the program is an example of how the United States is turning into an East German-style informant society.

RZS/HGL
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Such methods were already in vogue in the 3rd world countries since decades. God bless America!!
 
actually they're training the garbage collectors to be snitches and it looks more like they're being used to watch the neighborhood for signs of dope dealing than anything else.
 
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