dagblog - Comments for "Are all telephone calls recorded and accessible to the US government?" http://dagblog.com/link/are-all-telephone-calls-recorded-and-accessible-us-government-16644 Comments for "Are all telephone calls recorded and accessible to the US government?" en Strangely, back in 2002 - http://dagblog.com/comment/177561#comment-177561 <a id="comment-177561"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/are-all-telephone-calls-recorded-and-accessible-us-government-16644">Are all telephone calls recorded and accessible to the US government?</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Strangely, back in 2002 - when hysteria over the 9/11 attacks (and thus acquiescence to government power) was at its peak - the Pentagon's attempt to implement what it called the "Total Information Awareness" program (TIA) <a href="http://www.cato.org/publications/techknowledge/pentagons-total-information-awareness-project-americans-under-microscope">sparked so much public controversy</a> that it had to be official scrapped. But it has been incrementally re-instituted - without the creepy (though honest) name and all-seeing-eye logo - with little controversy or even notice.</p> </div></div></div> Sat, 04 May 2013 15:20:48 +0000 A Guy Called LULU comment 177561 at http://dagblog.com