FC: Senate bill drafted to put Poindexter's TIA on hold

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-980889.html

   Pentagon database plan hits snag on Hill
   By Declan McCullagh
   January 15, 2003, 6:14 PM PT

   WASHINGTON--A Pentagon antiterrorism plan to link databases of credit
   card companies, health insurers and others--creating what critics call
   a "domestic surveillance apparatus"--is encountering growing
   opposition on Capitol Hill.

   Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wisc., is planning to introduce a bill on
   Thursday to halt the Pentagon's Total Information Awareness program. A
   representative said on Wednesday that if passed, the legislation would
   suspend the TIA program until Congress can "review the data-mining
   issues."

   Even if Congress never acts on Feingold's proposal, the unusual step
   of trying to suspend a military program may prompt the Defense
   Department to review the TIA program in a way few other tactics could.
   The bill will also provide TIA critics with a focal point for
   activism.

   [ remainder at http://news.com.com/2100-1023-980889.html ]




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