The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens

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The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens
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Why lie about this?

LexisNexis specializes in law (the Lexis end) and news (the Nexis end)—the data they procure and collate.

Their identity verification product, Accurint, accesses public record sources, and is imperative to keep pure. Inclusion of any private record data is a massive legal concern and actively monitored for.

You don't run a law service outfit without Legal being all up in your butt, and boy, were they.

Source: I was responsible for testing deliverables across all LN products.