Total Information Awareness renamed!!

[repairman]

The Total Information Awareness program has been renamed to the Terrorism Information Awareness program. That is so much better!!! I now feel safe, and I no longer feel that the government will be looking over my sholder wherever I go in cyberspace!!! :eek:

[arcticpenguin]

But wait until you check this out: http://www.theinquirer.org/?article=9568

OREGON'S SENATE Bill 742, section 19, chapter 666 (here) defines the "unlawful labeling of a sound recording" as terrorism and would make it punishable by a minimum life sentence of 25 years in prison without parole
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Other acts described as terrorism include (but are not limited to):

* Blocking traffic
* School walkouts
* Computer crime
* Accepting a bribe
* Theft and Burglary
* Unauthorized use of a vehicle
* Unlawful labeling of a videotape
* Unlawful recording of a live performance
* Negotiating a bad check
* Dogfighting
* Delivery of an imitation controlled substance
* Producing fake IDs
* Using another's driver's license
* Drunk driving
* Selling cigarettes to a minor