Business 2.0 - Total Information Delusion

John Poindexter's secretive Total Information Awareness project is stalled in Congress. But even if it does move forward, the technology behind it may not work.

Even if the project did work, the sheer Big Brotherness of it is what worries most people: It basically amounts to monitoring everyone in the country without first establishing probable cause.

Concerns are also being raised that FBI May Have Aided Pentagon Data Project

Disclosure of FBI contacts regarding the Total Information Awareness project ``only heightens my concern about the blurring of lines between domestic law enforcement and military security efforts,'' said Sen. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.

"We need to strike a balance between targeting terrorists with everything we've got and also protecting the rights and freedoms cherished by Americans,'' Grassley said. "Military dollars shouldn't be spent on domestic law enforcement."