September 1, 2006

Education Dept. Revealed Students' Personal Data to FBI

The Federal Education Department shared personal information on hundreds of student loan applicants with the Federal Bureau of Investigation across a five-year period that began after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, the agencies said yesterday. Under the program, called Project Strikeback, the Education Department received names from the F.B.I. and checked them against its student aid database, forwarding information. Each year, the Education Department collects information from 14 million applications for federal student aid.

Education Dept. Shared Student Data With F.B.I., New York Times, September 1, 2006.