TIA Lives On...

Total Information Awareness lives on in the guise of Home Land Security with aid from the CIA, NSA, FBI and local police forces, a fact well documented in an extended series of articles from the Washington Post titled Top Secret America.

Here is just a snippet from the lead story detailing how surveillance has been expanded into an art form courtesy 9/11.

"This localized intelligence apparatus is part of a larger Top Secret America created since the attacks. In July, The Washington Post described an Alternative geography of the United States, one that has grown so large, unwieldy and secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs or how many programs exist within it.

Today's story, along with related material on The Post's Web site, examines how Top Secret America plays out at the local level. It describes a web of 4,058 federal, state and local organizations, each with its own counterterrorism responsibilities and jurisdictions. At least 935 of these organizations have been created since the 2001 attacks or became involved in counterterrorism for the first time after 9/11."

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