Chertoff's Odd Logic

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff an op-ed piece in Tuesday's Washington Post entitled, "How do we thwart a terrorist who has not yet been identified" the other day. In it was a puzzling statement.

Chertoff wrote, "Protecting personal privacy is a part of responding to the post-Sept. 11 world, but it should not reflexively block us from developing new screening tools. Indeed, more data sharing leads to more precisely targeted screening, which actually improves privacy by reducing questioning and searches of innocent travelers."

Okay, so if everyone's data is shared, in the end, it will equate to more privacy? Huh. I never would've thought of it that way. So, in football, if everyone has equal access to the head coach's gameplan, play book, and trick up their sleeve for the upcoming week, it'll mean more privacy for the coaches, right? That makes so much sense now (rolls eyes).

Link:

http://www.infowars.com/articles/bb/chertoff_data_sharing_improves_privacy.htm