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 This is the logo of the IAO, the information awareness office, to fight terrorists and all that are considered as such. information awareness office ♣ From news.com: "If fully implemented, TIA (Total Information Awareness) would link databases from sources such as credit card companies, medical insurers, and motor vehicle databases for police convenience in hopes of snaring terrorists. First, biographical information about the TIA project leaders, including retired Admiral John Poindexter ♣, disappeared from the Defense Department's site last month. A mirror that one activist created from Google’s cache shows the deleted information included four resumes listing past work experience but no addresses or contact information. Then, sometime in the last week, the TIA site shrank still more and some links ceased to work. The logo for the TIA project - a Masonic pyramid ♣ eyeballing the globe - vanished, a highly unusual step for a government agency. So did the TIA's Latin "scientia est potentia" ("knowledge is power"). The disappearing documents come as the TIA has become a lighting rod for criticism and as online activists have been turning the tables on Poindexter by reposting his personal information and home telephone number as widely as possible... The TIA project became public early this year when President Bush chose Poindexter, who was embroiled in the Iran-Contra scandal ♣, to run the Information Awareness Office. But criticism of the project from privacy advocates and newspaper editorial pages has spiked in the last month, and the Web deletions appear to have been in response to the increased public scrutiny." [CLICK HERE TO VIEW THIS PICTURE] posted by knn |
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 Quote: But criticism of the project from privacy advocates and newspaper editorial pages has spiked in the last month, and the Web deletions appear to have been in response to the increased public scrutiny. I bet they are still doing whatever they planned to be doing, criticism or not. Not a nice feeling, knowing that you are being watched. Most probably this pretty Office does whatever they consider appropriate, no matter how legal it is. Information is what rules the world, so if you are *aware* you are in control. Not the people I would trust myself to, really. I wonder what exactly they do. In Russia after the bombings (presumably performed by Chechen terrosists) our "local" intelligence services were spying on all phone talks, especially on mobiles. posted by mymla |
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Quote: intelligence services were spying on all phone talks If you make a phone call and say a trigger word (like "bomb") and then suddenly hear cracks, then your call is being observed. 
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knn: Quote: intelligence services were spying on all phone talks If you make a phone call and say a trigger word (like "bomb") and then suddenly hear cracks, then your call is being observed. I think with us it worked differently: they were spying phone talks at random and didn't do anything unless there appeared a trigger word and then they started to look closer. I guess they had to check a lot of people as the terrorist attackes are mentioned at least a couple of times a day by any one. The thing that irritates me is they don't bother with laws or anything. And I like it my privacy. posted by mymla |
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 im gonna try that! ill say bomb and other words to make them think something that isnt true then sue them for spying on me...can i do that? seriously i think in a qway i support this...in a small way at least. posted by Agent Zero |
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maybe not then! 
posted by Agent Zero |
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