Nothing wrong was done. Pick up a "Dummies Guide to American Government" so that you can understand that the President just doesn't launch secret programs without anyone else knowing about it. Stop skimming the headlines of articles and don't get stuck in that "read once, repeat many" syndrome. Do the research. It's not like this is the first time a program like this was launched. When did slashdot become so Anti-American? How many of our operative's identities were uncovered and made public by the news media? No one seems to be shouting TREASON and yet when SUPPORT is there for the president to use any means possible to find terrorists some people want to help the terrorists instead. Strange. I guess you just have to lose someone in a building due to a terrorist attack to appreciate what this administration is doing for you. Stop saying that America is not Free and is such a "Horrible" place to live in. Are you nuts? Have you been outside of the US lately and I don't mean some layover between flights? It's crazy out there. Take a walk in your local park and be grateful that you don't have to dodge bullets or worry about your 5 year old daughter being raped. Most importantly, if you decide to use your wonderful freedom of free speech, use it wisely. Don't spew forth nonsense. Sheep are stupid.
Strike 3 I guess for them.
They got into a boatload o' trouble in 03' for "acquiring":) 250M records from various Latin American countries without their knowledge. Never hit the media widespread though.
It's a shame too. It took five of us to develop atxi.com, and they raked in a ton' o' cash from the gvt.
This news won't hurt them all too much.
Not to mention the 65 million dollar contract for supplying information to the US for the citizens of Latin American countries. What skated by the news whas that the service www.atxpi.com was shut down as of sept. 30, 2003 and that all data was to be deleted by an oversight committee. What happened to the 65 mil.? What happened to the remaining datasets from Colombia, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Venezeula etc....
Glad I no longer work there:)
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Nothing wrong was done. Pick up a "Dummies Guide to American Government" so that you can understand that the President just doesn't launch secret programs without anyone else knowing about it. Stop skimming the headlines of articles and don't get stuck in that "read once, repeat many" syndrome. Do the research. It's not like this is the first time a program like this was launched. When did slashdot become so Anti-American? How many of our operative's identities were uncovered and made public by the news media? No one seems to be shouting TREASON and yet when SUPPORT is there for the president to use any means possible to find terrorists some people want to help the terrorists instead. Strange. I guess you just have to lose someone in a building due to a terrorist attack to appreciate what this administration is doing for you. Stop saying that America is not Free and is such a "Horrible" place to live in. Are you nuts? Have you been outside of the US lately and I don't mean some layover between flights? It's crazy out there. Take a walk in your local park and be grateful that you don't have to dodge bullets or worry about your 5 year old daughter being raped. Most importantly, if you decide to use your wonderful freedom of free speech, use it wisely. Don't spew forth nonsense. Sheep are stupid.
Strike 3 I guess for them. They got into a boatload o' trouble in 03' for "acquiring" :) 250M records from various Latin American countries without their knowledge. Never hit the media widespread though.
It's a shame too. It took five of us to develop atxi.com, and they raked in a ton' o' cash from the gvt.
This news won't hurt them all too much.
:)
I worked for this company from 1999 until 2003. This is a minor problem compared to the other things that have happened there.
Google "Choicepoint foreign". Ah, that was a fun project.
Not to mention the 65 million dollar contract for supplying information to the US for the citizens of Latin American countries. What skated by the news whas that the service www.atxpi.com was shut down as of sept. 30, 2003 and that all data was to be deleted by an oversight committee. What happened to the 65 mil.? What happened to the remaining datasets from Colombia, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Venezeula etc.... Glad I no longer work there :)