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Funding for TIA All But Dead

Posted by simoniker on from the cutbacks-not-all-bad dept.

Shackleford writes "Wired has an article saying that the Terrorism Information Awareness program, which would troll Americans' personal records to find terrorists before they strike, may soon face the same fate Congress meted out to John Ashcroft in his attempt to create a corps of volunteer domestic spies: death by legislation. The Senate's $368 billion version of the 2004 defense appropriations bill, released from committee to the full Senate on Wednesday, contains a provision that would deny all funds to, and thus would effectively kill, the Terrorism Information Awareness program, formerly known as Total Information Awareness. TIA's projected budget for 2004 is $169 million."

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  1. Re:Of course, they would never ... by 198348726583297634 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Of course not. They'll use the unicorns to spy on you.


    Prove the unicorns don't exist, either.

  2. You == "The Man" by Schezar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wow..

    I didn't think -anyone- could reply to that in an interesting, intelligent, or funny way.

    You rock.

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  3. Re:Nervous Senators? by Jack+Comics · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nah. Bill Clinton and his friends were exposed for their un-American activities on several occasions, but the public just didn't seem to give a damn for the most part, thanks to all the spin-doctoring from the liberal media.

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  4. Of course, what was most amusing ... by burgburgburg · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    was how many Republican serial adulters were involved in that little coup attempt. Newt, you listening Newt? Bob Barr, you there? Dan Burton, where are you? Henry Hyde, you show yourself! Robert Livingston, are you paying attention?