Washington: In a daring attempt to avoid identification by the Ministry of Total Information Awareness, the Senate resorted to a voice vote when blocking TIA's funding, hoping that without a written record, individual Senators might not be caught.
TIA cameras ###.###.#### and ###.###.#### [redacted], however, observed ## of the Senators during the vote, and estimates are that the voiceprint recognition systems can resolve the identities of the other ## ungood terrorist sympathizers, so they can have the impact on their civil liberties explained more .... directly. -------------- http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=2101454 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - 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. <snip>
