16 to 25? Pentagon Has Your Number, and More...

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The Defense Department and a private contractor have been building an extensive database of 30 million 16-to-25-year-olds, combining names with Social Security numbers, grade-point averages, e-mail addresses and phone numbers.

David S. C. Chu, the under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, acknowledged yesterday that the database had been in the works since 2002. Pentagon officials said they discovered in May 2004 that no Privacy Act notice had been filed. The filing last month was an effort to correct that, officials said.

Mr. Chu said the database was just a tool to send out general material from the Pentagon to those most likely to enlist.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/24/politics/24recruit.html?ex=1120449600&en=fd1a1b9461e95b6b&ei=5070&emc=eta1

[Call me Deacon Blues]

1. You're not takin' my kid, Georgie

Not for your trumped up little Oedipal fantasy, pal. You can show mama what a big man you are some other way; you sure as hell aren't gonna kill my kid in order to do it. Send the Fat Bastard instead -- he's right down the hall with JimmyJeff doing the horizontal tango.

[Oversea Visitor]

2. Think they will do selective

recruiting or draft.

[Endangered Specie]

3. I hope they like the taste of slammed front door.