EFF: Statement on Total Information Awareness Report

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Will Doherty <wild () eff org>
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Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 15:02:30 -0700
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Subject: [E-B] EFF: Statement on Total Information Awareness Report

Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Advisory

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, May 20, 2003


Contact:

Lee Tien
   Senior Staff Attorney
   Electronic Frontier Foundation
   tien () eff org
   +1 415 436-9333 x102 (office), +1 510 501-8755 (cell)


TIA Report Shines No New Light

The Bush Administration released its long-awaited report
to Congress on the "Total Information Awareness" program
today (now renamed "Terrorism Information Awareness").

"The report is disappointing -- after more than a hundred
pages, you don't know anything more about whether TIA will
work or whether your civil liberties will be safe against
it," said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Lee Tien.  "It's also
disingenuous for a report about new technologies for
monitoring people to keep saying, 'don't worry, we'll
follow existing privacy law.' Privacy law is already
behind the technology curve, and the Bush Administration
fully understands that TIA will only make the problem
worse."

This advisory:
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/TIA/20030520_pr.php

TIA report available at:
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/TIA/20030520_tia_report.php

EFF TIA archive:
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/TIA/


About EFF:

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading civil
liberties organization working to protect rights in the
digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF actively encourages and
challenges industry and government to support free
expression and privacy online. EFF is a member-supported
organization and maintains one of the most linked-to
websites in the world at
http://www.eff.org/





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