] "http://sfweekly.com/issues/2002-11-27/smith.html/1/index ] .html ] The SF Weekly's column by Matt Smith in the Dec 3 issue ] points out that there may be some information that John ] M. and Linda Poindexter of 10 Barrington Fare, Rockville, ] MD, 20850, may be missing in their pursuit of total ] information awareness. He suggests that people with ] information to offer should phone 1 301 424 6613 to ] speak with that corrupt official and his wife. Neighbors ] Thomas E. Maxwell, 67, at 8 Barringon Fare ( 1 301 251 ] 1326), James F. Galvin, 56, at 12 ( 1 301 424 0089), and ] Sherrill V. Stant (nee Knight) at 6, may also lack some ] information that would be valuable to them in making ] decisions -- decisions that could affect the basic civil ] rights of every American. ] Some people are suspicious that the degenerate ] Poindexter's Total Information Awareness system will be ] used to harass and track the activities of people who ] some significant fraction of society disagree with. They ] fear a replacement of today's general tolerance (and ] official blindness to one's Bill-of-Rights-protected ] activities such as speech and association), with specific ] harassment of those whose names pop up in the database. ] Such harassment of people who are not reasonably ] suspected of criminal activity would destroy much of ] value in our society, such as the presumption of ] innocence and the "live and let live" philosophy that ] encourages diversity. " Eyeballing Total Information Awareness |