Act Three of Poindexter's Incredibly Shrinking Site: Still More!

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>


The Chronology So Far:

1. Act One: DOD/TIA deletes bios from its site
(http://www.politechbot.com/p-04262.html)
2. Act Two: DOD/TIA deletes logo and slogan from its site
(http://www.politechbot.com/p-04262.html)
3. Act Three: DOD/TIA deletes STILL MORE documents from its site. Here are
the fairly detailed "before" images of how the Total Information Awareness
system operates:
http://www.epic.org/events/tia_briefing/tia_screenshot.gif
http://www.epic.org/events/tia_briefing/tia_categories.gif
And here's the single, far less detailed "after" image:
http://www.darpa.mil/iao/images/TIA_graphic.gif
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/tia.replacement.graphic.010302.jpg (mirror)

Also, let's not forget:
4. TSA deletes documents from its site
(http://www.politechbot.com/p-04279.html)
5. FEMA deletes documents from its site
(http://www.politechbot.com/p-04173.html)

On another note, if you had to speculate about what TIA would encompass in
say, three to five years, what kind of information would be included?
Mandatory GPS in cars? Mandatory chips in humans?

-Declan

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Subject: Modification of DARPA TIA website continues (again): Chart replaced
To: declan () well com
From: "Thomas A Giovanetti" <tomg () ipi org>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 23:22:21 -0600

The original TIA chart has been replaced by one that is certainly
less-ominous and less-detailed.

The lists of all the various types of data has been removed, and they have
put in cute little red thingies to assure us that our privacy will be
protected.

<G>

_____
Tom Giovanetti
President
Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI)
http://www.ipi.org
tomg () ipi org

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To: webmaster-iao () darpa mil
Cc: declan () well com
Subject: Cute changes
From: "Thomas A Giovanetti" <tomg () ipi org>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 23:24:13 -0600

You guys are so cute!  Nice going replacing the logo and chart, and all
the personnel bios.

I especially love the little red thingies that assure us that our privacy
will be protected.

Way to go!
_______
Tom Giovanetti
President
Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI)
http://www.ipi.org




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