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To: lurqer who wrote (28841)	9/25/2003 6:49:54 PM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (1) of 89467

Lawmakers approve a spending bill that removes funding for Total Information Awareness, effectively nixing the plan that sought to assemble computerized dossiers on Americans. Does this mean that Sauron's eye has been blinded. Well The legislation, which still must be approved by the Senate, does permit TIA or a similar system to be used for data-mining--as long as the targets are not U.S. citizens or residents. It says that "the conference agreement does not restrict the National Foreign Intelligence Program from using processing, analysis and collaboration tools for counterterrorism foreign intelligence purposes." from businessweek.com Perhaps Suaron's eye has only taken on a reptilian slit. JMO lurqer

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