DHS develops software to track the media

Should it frighten me that they won't even say why they're developing this?

The US Department of Homeland Security plans to develop software that analyzes and summarizes opinions expressed in articles, providing a possible tool for better monitoring what is written about the United States in the global press. ....

The researchers and DHS officials decline to discuss the possible uses of such software.

"It's just too early to speculate about what it would evolve into," Kelly said.