Thursday, January 16, 2003

Total Information Awareness --- more background information Pentagon database plan hits snag on Hill. A plan that would link credit card, health insurance and other databases--creating what critics have called a "domestic surveillance apparatus"--raises concern on Capitol Hill. [CNET News.com] The article points to several primary sources of information, including a recent (Jan 10, 2003) letter to John Ashcroft from three members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.  It's seven pages and marks the beginning of detailed inquiry into the governments surveillance tactics.   comment [] 9:49:27 AM

Total Information Awareness gains opposition Planned Databank on Citizens Spurs Opposition in Congress. Opposition is growing to a domestic antiterrorism surveillance program being developed in the Defense Department. By John Schwartz. [New York Times: Politics] comment [] 9:43:18 AM

ACLU viewpoint on surveillance ACLU Spooked by Domestic Spying. A new report by the American Civil Liberties Union raises concerns about the growth of U.S. surveillance in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. The group recommends legislation to protect Americans' privacy rights. By Julia Scheeres. [Wired News] Hmm, they evidently have a page on cyber-liberties and have issued a report summarizing recent changes in law, advances in technology, as well as growth of data aggregation businesses such as Choicepoint, which compromises, in the ACLU's view, our privacy and freedom. comment [] 9:26:18 AM