"TIA" AIN'T DEAD YET
For those of you who thought that the Senate killed off "Total Information Awareness," the scandalously-broad, uber-database being developed by the U.S. military, think again. Salon's Farhad Majoo reports:
TIA is already steaming forward. According to people with knowledge of the program, TIA has now advanced to the point where it's much more than a mere "research project"' There is a working prototype of the system, and federal agencies outside the Defense Department have expressed interest in it.
Meanwhile, the Bush Administration is developing a second database project, the "Terrorist Threat Integration Center," that, to privacy advocates, sounds eerily reminiscent of TIA.
THERE'S MORE: The Bush Administration now says that the CIA will be in charge of the new "Terrorist Threat" database project.
"TIA" AIN'T DEAD YET
For those of you who thought that the Senate killed off "Total Information Awareness," the scandalously-broad, uber-database being developed by the U.S. military, think again. Salon's Farhad Majoo reports:
TIA is already steaming forward. According to people with knowledge of the program, TIA has now advanced to the point where it's much more than a mere "research project"' There is a working prototype of the system, and federal agencies outside the Defense Department have expressed interest in it.
Meanwhile, the Bush Administration is developing a second database project, the "Terrorist Threat Integration Center," that, to privacy advocates, sounds eerily reminiscent of TIA.
THERE'S MORE: The Bush Administration now says that the CIA will be in charge of the new "Terrorist Threat" database project.