FBI grammar (was Re: FBI utilizing supermarket club cards in profiling)

[Dr. Evil]

>     hint of ethnic tastes. "Time was, this data was so disorganized
>     nobody could make sense of it, but not anymore. They're looking for
>     people based on their supermarket tastes," says consultant Larry
>     Ponemon, head of the Privacy Council business consortium. "Trouble
>     is, there's so much bad data out there, and how do your know if
>     someone eats like a terrorist?" he asks.

Time was, people knew grammar.  Not anymore.  Consultant Larry Ponemon
needs to hire a grammar consultant to tell him: "_These_ data _were_
so disorganized... There _are_ so _many_ bad data out there..."

Get a clue, Mr. Ponemon!