NSA's Trailblazer Program Loses It's Way

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Robert Lemos, over on SecurityFocus:

[snip]

A program intended to mine the Internet and telecommunications for bits of data related to terrorism is still on the 
drawing board, despite costing an estimate $1.2 billion over the past six years, according to a Baltimore Sun 
investigation.

The National Security Agency (NSA) has spearheaded the initiative, known as Trailblazer, aimed at connecting the dots 
between various information sources, such as e-mail, cell phone calls and instant messages. After spending almost $1.2 
billion on the project since 1999, only a "few isolated analytical and technical tools have been produced," the article 
stated.

Earlier this month, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed 
lawsuits against the Bush Administration for conducting wiretaps of American citizens without judicial oversight. 
President Bush secretly authorized the NSA to eavesdrop on Americans and others inside the United States without 
obtaining a warrant through a secret court system designed to allow foreign surveillance.

[snip]

http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/121

Baltimore Sun article:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/custom/attack/bal-te.trailblazer29jan29,1,1444424.story

- ferg


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