Cracker Commentary
Ruminations of a rare and endangered critter, the Florida Native
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It is not by the consolidation, or concentration, of powers, but by their distribution that good government is effected.
- Thomas Jefferson
 Wednesday, November 27, 2002Name the baby In my last post, I used Monster.gov to refer to the Total Information Awareness idea, since I think it needs a name, but TIA just isn't right. Anybody have a better one? Monster.gov These two articles appeared on Computerworld’s website today: INS database problems thwart FBI counterterrorism work Database snafu allowed 105 on terror watch list to get visas Then I found a report the GAO released last week containing this: Although GAO's current analyses of audit and evaluation reports for the 24 major departments and agencies issued from October 2001 to October 2002 indicate some individual agency improvements, overall they continue to highlight significant information security weaknesses that place a broad array of federal operations and assets at risk of fraud, misuse, and disruption. (Scary emphasis mine) This of kind government track record with computers doesn’t exactly ease my fears about Total Information Awareness in the name of homeland security. And if you’re about to point out to me that TIA is not part of the Homeland Security Bill, but has been in the works over at the Defense Department for some time already, that won’t make me feel any better. As far as this baby is concerned, I favor an immediate abortion. Hillary in 2004? The Onion asks people what they think
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