CSM: US military to increase domestic surveillance

[unhappycamper]

US military to increase domestic surveillance
By Tom Regan | csmonitor.com
posted August 4, 2005 at 11:00 a.m.

The US Defense Department has developed a new counterterrorism strategy "that would increase military activities on American soil, particularly in the area of intelligence gathering." FoxNews reported Monday that this has caused a great deal of concern among civil liberties advocates who fear the possibility of the military "encroaching" on domestic law.

"Do we want, as a free people, with the notion of privacy enshrined in the Constitution and based on the very clear limits and defined role of government, to be in a society where not just the police, but the military are on the street corners gathering intelligence on citizens, sharing that data, manipulating that data?" asked former Rep. Bob Barr (R) of Georgia, a constitutional law expert and civil libertarian.

The plan, known as the "Strategy for Homeland Defense and Support," was released in early July without background briefings or a formal news conference. The document says the US government must have a "a multi-layered, preventive approach to national defense" in order to counter an "unconventional" enemy like Al Qaeda, which can attack anywhere at any time.

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Meanwhile, Mr. Barr says the Pentagon's plan is yet another attempt to revive the failed Total Information Awareness (TIA) project, which he called a "massive, centralized information database using public and private records of individuals" that was killed by Congress in 2002.

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[Silverhair]

1. Ultimately, this plan, or something like it will be implimented.

And it will be done on a global scale eventually. As my daughter said, "It is the illusion that if you have enough information you can control things."

A few more major terror incidents and people will demand something like it and the politicians, whether Democrat or Republican will be only too happy to comply.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. I believe this is unconstitutional

no wonder they have tried to sneak it in quietly. I'm sure there are many sheeple who would welcome this to keep them "safe".

[Niccolo_Macchiavelli]

3. preps for martial law?

my my... while corps are slicing away jobs, gubmint is stepping up bit by bit

[unhappycamper]

4. Want another dot to connect?

Here's a link I posted a bit ago on the "Civilian Inmate Labor Program."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4179456

[Niccolo_Macchiavelli]

5. United Slaves of America(n Army)

you're up to much fun i see.

[wli]

6. all part of the neocons' plot to enslave and kill us all

I wonder why no one's even getting riled up about it.