Archive for October 27th, 2006
Total Information Lives Again
UPI | Oct. 26, 2006
By Shaun Waterman
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) — The new U.S. intelligence czar is developing a computer system capable of data-mining huge amounts of information about everyday events to discern patterns that look like terrorist planning.
The technology is reminiscent of the axed Total Information Awareness program.
Civil liberties and privacy advocates criticized [...]
RFID passports take off
CNETnews | Oct. 26, 2006
By Joris Evers
Despite security and privacy concerns, all but three of the countries required by the U.S. to issue passports with radio tags are now doing so, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday.
Except for Andorra, Brunei and Liechtenstein, all of the 27 countries whose citizens can travel to the [...]
California shoppers, Schwarzenegger is watching you
Associated Press | Oct. 26, 2006
Gin or vodka? Ford or BMW? Perrier or Fiji water? Does the car you buy or what’s in your fridge say anything about how you’ll vote?
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s campaign thinks so.
Employing technology honed in President Bush’s 2004 victory, the Republican governor’s re-election team has created a vast computer storehouse of [...]
25% of Americans Want Bush To Take More Liberties
CNN | Oct. 26, 2006
Most Americans do not believe the Bush administration has gone too far in restricting civil liberties as part of the war on terror, a new CNN poll released Thursday suggests.
While 39 percent of the 1,013 poll respondents said the Bush administration has gone too far, 34 percent said they believe the [...]
The Rockefeller File
