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scott
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"Total Information Awareness" now at the state level
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Sep 24 15:17 UTC 2003 |
From The Register ( http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/33006.html ):
DARPA's dreaded Total Information Awareness (TIA) program, formerly
administered by convicted felon and Republican hero John Poindexter of
Iran-Contra fame, may have been de-clawed by Congress, but it lives on at the
state level in an incarnation called, ominously, the MATRIX (Multistate
Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange).
There's a lot to dislike in this new end-run around Congressional oversight.
For one thing there are federal dollars behind it -- four million from the
Department of Justice -- which makes it clear that the Feds will be expecting
a payoff.
(...)
The states of Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Michigan, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Ohio, and Utah have
signed on to the scheme. Residents of other states are safe, for now.
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sj2
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response 1 of 57:
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Sep 24 15:48 UTC 2003 |
In other news, a virus attack crippled the visa issuing system of the
US State dept. The computers shut down also had a list of 78,000 terror
suspects!!!
78,000!!! Where did they get so many suspects?? JetBlue?? Or Ebay?
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fitz
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Sep 24 18:43 UTC 2003 |
Yes, Poindexter was convicted, but I read that his conviction was overturned
on appeal. He' reprehensible for any number of other reasons.
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krokus
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response 3 of 57:
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Sep 24 21:13 UTC 2003 |
hrm... makes me wonder how we can go about getting the state off
of this thing.
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gull
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response 4 of 57:
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Sep 26 02:22 UTC 2003 |
I'm not sure it's as bad as TIA -- the website is vague, but it's
possible this is only going to have things like warrants and arrest
records that are already available to law enforcement.
Regardless, I've written my state senator and state rep to make sure
they're aware of this program, and to ask them to look into it.
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jango
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response 5 of 57:
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Oct 24 19:55 UTC 2003 |
Has anyone heard the latest news on the CIA agent that was exposed? I haven't
been able to catch the news.
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murph
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response 6 of 57:
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Oct 24 20:00 UTC 2003 |
FBI investigating, White House still dragging its feet.
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klg
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response 7 of 57:
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Oct 24 20:05 UTC 2003 |
The kerfuffle has, understandably, died down since it was based on
nothing. We are awaiting the next accusation from the desperate
Democrats.
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tod
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response 8 of 57:
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Oct 24 20:10 UTC 2003 |
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murph
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response 9 of 57:
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Oct 24 21:00 UTC 2003 |
klg, I'm curious as to how you categorize it as "nothing"? Is it because it's
an accusation against a Republican administration?
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gull
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response 10 of 57:
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Oct 24 23:16 UTC 2003 |
Probably. If it had happened under Clinton he'd be screaming for an
independent prosecutor.
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klg
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response 11 of 57:
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Oct 26 02:39 UTC 2003 |
Mr. murph,
It is nothing simply because of the facts. Ms. Plame is a desk jockey,
not an undercover agent. The entire meaningless "incident" was ginned
up by her partisan, publicity-seeking husband based solely upon 1/2
truths and non-sensical accusations. If it were not thus, don't you
think it would still rate front page coverage (in the liberal press, of
course!)?
And please, Mr. gull, you ought to know that we are not the screaming
type.
klg
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gull
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Oct 26 03:24 UTC 2003 |
From what I've heard, while she personally was a "desk jockey", when her
identity and the identity of her front company was revealed it also
compromised the identities of field agents she was in contact with.
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