Software Pioneer Protests Pentagon Spying
Mitchell Kapor, a personal computer industry software pioneer
and civil liberties activist, resigned from the board of Groove Networks
after learning the company's software was being used by the Pentagon as
part of its development of the Total Information Awareness (TIA) domestic
surveillance system.....( New York Times, 12 Mar 03)
Libraries Warn of FBI Spying on Reading Habits
Several libraries in California have begun to warn book lovers
that the U.S. government may be monitoring their reading habits in a
sweeping effort to crack down on terrorism.....( Reuters, 11 Mar 03)
Romanians Demand Opening of Police
Files About 3,000 Romanians formed a human chain Tuesday
around the palace of the late communist-era dictator Nicolae Ceausescu,
demanding lawmakers open files kept by the Securitate, his feared secret
police.....( AP, 12 Mar 03)
Spy who came in to the cold
...Mr Wilkie, a former lieutenant-colonel in the army with top security clearance, said he felt comfortable quitting his job because "it's the right thing to do." His enormous decision to break the intelligence community's vow of silence has cost him his career.....( West Australian, 12 Mar 03)
