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Pentagon Plans a Computer System That Would Peek at Personal Data of Americans
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 11:25:20 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com> Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 17:09:34 +0100 To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu> Subject: Pentagon Plans a Computer System That Would Peek at Personal Data of Americans Pentagon Plans a Computer System That Would Peek at Personal Data of Americans By JOHN MARKOFF The New York Times The Pentagon is constructing a computer system that could create a vast electronic dragnet, searching for personal information as part of the hunt for terrorists around the globe including the United States. As the director of the effort, Vice Adm. John M. Poindexter, has described the system in Pentagon documents and in speeches, it will provide intelligence analysts and law enforcement officials with instant access to information from Internet mail and calling records to credit card and banking transactions and travel documents, without a search warrant. Historically, military and intelligence agencies have not been permitted to spy on Americans without extraordinary legal authorization. But Admiral Poindexter, the former national security adviser in the Reagan administration, has argued that the government needs broad new powers to process, store and mine billions of minute details of electronic life in the United States. --SNIP-- http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/09/politics/09COMP.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- geoff.goodfellow () iconia com * Prague - CZ * telephone +420 603 706 558 "success is getting what you want & happiness is wanting what you get" http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/01/biztech/articles/17drop.html http://www.tapsns.com/members-bio/geoff-goodfellow.shtml ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To unsubscribe or update your address, click http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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