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from EWeek.com
TIA Gets New Name, Old Questions Persist
By Caron Carlson
The Pentagon's research arm, in a report released Tuesday, changed the name of its mammoth electronic surveillance project following public outcry, but concerns that the project will unnecessarily invade privacy without necessarily improving national security remain strong.
Jim Dempsey, executive director of the Center for Democracy and Technology in Washington, said he was encouraged that the report recognized that the effectiveness of a project like TIA should be evaluated before it is deployed.
"They acknowledge that a threshold question is effectiveness," Dempsey told eWEEK. "They acknowledge that the law has imposed very few limits on what [data] they can get and how they can get it."
Of course, the ACLU has commentary on this issue, which includes links to more detailed examinations than can be presented in a press release or blog post. I'll be harvesting those links for the Attack on Civil Rights page before this post dies of old age.
