--- Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34837-2003Jan23.html > > Saying they feared government snooping against > ordinary Americans, U.S. > senators voted on Thursday to block funding for a > Pentagon computer project > that would scour databases for terrorist threats. > By a voice vote, the Senate voted to ban funding for > the Total Information > Awareness program, under former national security > adviser John Poindexter, > until the Pentagon explains the program and assesses > its impact on civil liberties... > > Critics of the project also have expressed concern > that the project is being > directed by Poindexter, a retired admiral who was > convicted of deceiving > Congress in the Iran-Contra scandal. His conviction > was set aside on the > grounds his immunized congressional testimony had > been used against him...
Well, maybe there's some sense on Capitol Hill, although the comment: "This makes it clear that Congress wants to make sure there is no snooping on law-abiding Americans," [Wyden told Reuters after the vote] sounds like serious wiggle-room, as does the national security exemption remark. I Smell A Rat Maru __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
