Government Intrusion
I definitely think that we as civilians should be concerned about the Total Information Awareness program (TIA) (was later renamed the Terrorism Information Awareness Program) which is the main reason for the existence of the Information Office (IAO). The TIA was receiving the bulk of the IAO's funding budget. (TIARC) The Information Awareness Office's stated mission is to "imagine, develop, apply, integrate, demonstrate and transition information technologies, components and prototype, closed-loop, information systems that will counter asymmetric threats by achieving total information awareness useful for preemption; national security warning; and national security decision making." In non-bureaucratic speak, the IAO's purpose is "developing new surveillance technologies in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks" (Markoff, New York Times). According to the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) where the IAO is based, the goal of the TIA system is to,......

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Title: Government Intrusion
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