[IP] more on DoD proceeding with "TIA", etc. under ARDA (sic) and other orgs

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:36:23 -0500
From: Steven Cherry <s.cherry@ieee.org>
Subject: Re: [IP] DoD proceeding with "TIA",
 etc. under ARDA (sic) and other orgs
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To: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>

Dave,

We reported on NFIP last September in an article, "Controversial Pentagon 
Program Scuttled, But Its Work Will Live On" 
<http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/wonews/sep03/tia0903.html>. In it, we 
noted several of the places where TIA research might continue.

 Regards,

  Steven


> http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-terror-privacy,0,2991104.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
>
>
> U.S. Pressing for High-Tech Spy Tools
>
> By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN
> Associated Press Writer
>
> February 22, 2004, 2:27 PM EST
>
> WASHINGTON -- Despite an outcry over privacy implications, the government 
> is pressing ahead with research to create powerful tools to mine millions 
> of public and private records for information about terrorists.
>
> Congress eliminated a Pentagon office that had been developing this 
> terrorist-tracking technology because of fears it might ensnare innocent 
> Americans.
>
> Still, some projects from retired Adm. John Poindexter's Total Information 
> Awareness effort were transferred to U.S. intelligence offices, 
> congressional, federal and research officials told The Associated Press.
> <etc.>


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