[IP] TIA loses funding

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: lee@string.org
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 10:33:45 -0500
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: TIA loses funding

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saying they feared government snooping against
ordinary Americans, U.S. senators voted on Thursday to block funding for a
Pentagon computer project that would scour databases for terrorist threats.

By a voice vote, the Senate voted to ban funding for the Total Information
Awareness program, under former national security adviser John Poindexter,
until the Pentagon explains the program and assesses its impact on civil
liberties. 

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http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=2101454


Lee 

lee@string.org 

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