Pale_Rider

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Sep-25-03 06:47 PM
Original message

Poindexter's MATRIX ...

Looks like DARPA's Total Information Awareness program is alive and well as the MATRIX.

A back door to Poindexter's Orwellian dream
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/33006.html

The perverse dream of integrating law enforcement, military intelligence and vast databases of virtually everything done by virtually every citizen is coming to fruition, only under state, not federal, auspices.

DARPA's dreaded Total Information Awareness (TIA) program, formerly administered by convicted felon and Republican hero John Poindexter of Iran-Contra fame, may have been de-clawed by Congress, but it lives on at the state level in an incarnation called, ominously, the MATRIX (Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange).

There's a lot to dislike in this new end-run around Congressional oversight. For one thing there are federal dollars behind it -- four million from the Department of Justice -- which makes it clear that the Feds will be expecting a payoff.

It also appears that the scheme is geared more towards data mining in quest of garden-variety criminal activity than anything to do with international terrorism. When you combine that with federal interest, it's hard to resist seeing the MATRIX as a sneaky way for three-letter agencies to keep tabs on ordinary folk and their foibles, side-stepping restrictions on domestic spying instituted since the Church Committee.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

ParanoidPat

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Sep-25-03 07:38 PM
Response to Original message

1. This is so much more important than most of the crap on page 1.....

.....It deserves a :kick:

BIG KICK!

:kick:

Everyone should know about and raise hell over this! :evilgrin:

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Pale_Rider

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Sep-25-03 07:54 PM
Response to Reply #1

2. Scary isn't it ...

What we thought was gone, is really already here and is close to being implemented. The MATRIX.

:kick:

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Must_B_Free

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Sep-25-03 07:57 PM
Response to Original message

3. I was wondering why they were playing the story that this program was dead

when every they say black, it means white...

"Shut down" must mean "refunded"

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

ParanoidPat

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Sep-25-03 08:11 PM
Response to Reply #3

4. This message brought to you by the Office of Disinformation.....

.....Oh wait, didn't they announce that they were shutting that down? :evilgrin:

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Noordam

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Sep-25-03 08:15 PM
Response to Reply #4

5. This will never be dead until a new WH is in place

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Pale_Rider

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Sep-25-03 08:18 PM
Response to Reply #5

6. And even then ....

... there is no guarantee that it will be decommissioned.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Thu May 02nd 2024, 08:04 PM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.