Does anyone remember the Total Information Awareness program? They later rebranded it the Terrorism Information Awareness Program.
Back after 9-11 the most senior ranking guy behind the Iran Contra scandal somehow got asked back. Admiral Poindexter set this thing up.
Based on the concept of predictive policing, TIA aimed to gather detailed information about individuals in order to anticipate and prevent crimes before they are committed. As part of efforts to win the War on Terror, the program searched for all sorts of personal information in the hunt for terrorists around the globe. According to Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), TIA was the "biggest surveillance program in the history of the United States".
Even though this was soon after 9-11 when it went public people went crazy about this breach of privacy and freedom.
The program was suspended in late 2003 by the United States Congress after media reports criticized the government for attempting to establish "Total Information Awareness" over all citizens.
It's interesting that it was very mild compared to what Snowdon has now revealed the NSA is doing and that the US government just ignored US congress and did it anyway.
I'm surprised this isn't being mentioned more... I guess 10 years is now ancient history.
Back after 9-11 the most senior ranking guy behind the Iran Contra scandal somehow got asked back. Admiral Poindexter set this thing up.
Based on the concept of predictive policing, TIA aimed to gather detailed information about individuals in order to anticipate and prevent crimes before they are committed. As part of efforts to win the War on Terror, the program searched for all sorts of personal information in the hunt for terrorists around the globe. According to Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), TIA was the "biggest surveillance program in the history of the United States".
Even though this was soon after 9-11 when it went public people went crazy about this breach of privacy and freedom.
The program was suspended in late 2003 by the United States Congress after media reports criticized the government for attempting to establish "Total Information Awareness" over all citizens.
It's interesting that it was very mild compared to what Snowdon has now revealed the NSA is doing and that the US government just ignored US congress and did it anyway.
I'm surprised this isn't being mentioned more... I guess 10 years is now ancient history.
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