A supersnoops dream

[byHisGrace]

Language tucked inside the Homeland Security bill will allow the federal government to

    track the e-mail, Internet use, travel, credit-card purchases, phone and bank records of

    foreigners and U.S. citizens in its hunt for terrorists.

         In what one critic has called "a supersnoop's dream," the Defense Department's Total

    Information Awareness program would be authorized to collect every type of available public

    and private data in what the Pentagon describes as one "centralized grand database."

         Computers and analysts are supposed to use all this available information to determine

    patterns of people's behavior in order to detect and identify terrorists, decipher plans and

    enable the United States to pre-empt terrorist acts.

         The project first appeared in the Senate Democratic proposal for the new Homeland

    Security Department, which was defeated Wednesday in a 50-47 vote. However it was

    included in the Republican-brokered agreement that passed the House later that night in a

    299-121 vote and is on the fast track to pass the Senate by next week.

         The computer-generated project of raw data will "help identify promising technologies and

    quickly get them into the hands of people who need them," according to a congressional

    leadership memo outlining the legislation.

         In a blistering op-ed piece in yesterday's New York Times titled "You Are A Suspect,"

    columnist William Safire compared the database to George Orwell's Big Brother government in

    the novel "1984."

         "To this computerized dossier on your private life from commercial sources, add every

    piece of information that government has about you

[Guest C.D. Light]

Hi Grace-- This is the PRELUDE to One World Government. I'd say they're getting ready for the AntiChrist Dictator, wouldnt you.

CD