From Nextgov.com: White House says data mining to focus only on government files

In reaction to a discussion of the controversial Total Information Awareness program, administration and security experts say intelligence practices should not include sifting through private records.

White House officials said a January memo aimed at encouraging information sharing and issued in response to the Christmas Day attempted bombing of a commercial jet, should not be perceived as a revival of the controversial data- sifting program that the Bush administration launched after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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