Techdirt - Homeland Security Gets Closer To Minority Report-Style Crime Predictor
Techdirt reports: "Slashdot points us to a story about Homeland Security apparently making progress on a 'pre-crime detector.' It was originally called 'Project Hostile Intent,' but after some folks figured that the name was a bit... ominous, it seems to have been renamed as 'Future Attribute Screening Technologies' (FAST). Basically the system is designed to spot 'shifty' people who may be getting ready to commit a crime of some sort."

Comment: What a great idea, spot the shifty people, because, you know, terrorists look shifty, you can tell, and they would never think to attempt to not act shifty.