Executive Summary: Proposals for Implementing the TerrorismInformation Awareness System
Terrorism Information Awareness (TIA) is a potentially valuabletool in the war on terrorism under development by the Pentagon'sDefense Advanced Research Projects Administration. Critics call ita "Big Brother" project that ought to be abandoned; a Senateamendment would eliminate all funding for TIA programs. However,oversight and implementation structures already in existence can beborrowed and suitably modified to control the use of the newtechnology and protect civil liberties.