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Search Warrant Not Required
Posted by Paul Szynol on Saturday, November 09 @ 07:57:36 EST Privacy
In the name of national security, the Pentagon is assembling a computer system, known as Total Information Awareness, which will sift through people's personal data in search of terrorists--without a seach warrant.

Up for grabs are

1. email
2. credit card/banking transactions
3. travel documents
4. calling records
The NY Times reports here.
 
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Re: Search Warrant Not Required (Score: 1)
by TomWiles on Saturday, November 09 @ 14:32:22 EST
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All arguments aside guys, just THINK.

If this system had been in place during the McCarthy era.

1. How would it have been used.
2. How many perfectly loyal citizens would have been crucified.

3. They probably would have collected enough 'evidence' to justify building a wall around my old alma mater (UCB) and just put in guard towers. A new prison complete with inamtes.

4. Dose anybody remember the Free Speach Movement and the forces that provided the seeds for the movement?

5. You put a weapon like this in the hands of bureaucrats and it WILL BE MISUSED (including for personal and political reasons).

6. Remember when NIXON tried to use IRS audits as a political weapon back in the seventies!!

7. I am a Republican.

TOM


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This is very old news (Score: 1)
by jonathanpeterson on Sunday, November 10 @ 10:01:29 EST
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Wired reported on this back in August and I did some research:
http://www.way.nu/archives/000361.html#000361

TIA is considerably worse than you mention, the data sources that will be collected include:
financial, education, travel, medical, veterinary, country entry, place/event entry, transportation, housing, "critical resources", government, and communications.

Essentially every transation between a citizen and any corporation or government entity is in scope for data collection and storage by the government.

That a convicted felon is running the agency is perhaps the scariest part.


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Re: Search Warrant Not Required (Score: 1)
by PJS on Sunday, November 10 @ 11:37:17 EST
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Jonathan,
Thanks for the additional info.
Paul


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Re: Search Warrant Not Required (Score: 0)
by Anonymous (Name Withheld on Advice of Counsel) on Wednesday, November 13 @ 16:48:12 EST
Additional news at:
  TIA Total Information Awareness [www.HavenWorks.com] -via: HavenWorks.com [www.HavenWorks.com] - Military News [www.HavenWorks.com].


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