Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee Final Report
The TAPAC was created to advise the Secretary of Defense concerning the use of advanced information technologies to help identify terrorists before they act, while at the same time, protecting civil liberties. The committee has a
“library” of of documents
on their web site. On May 18, the committee released its
final report (PDF, 2.8 megs). They report that
the Terrorism Information Awarness program was “a flawed effort to achieve worthwile ends,” but that TIA was only one of many government data mining programs.
See also, Panel Urges New Protection on Federal ‘Data Mining’,
By ROBERT PEAR, New York Times
May 17, 2004; and Panel Calls for Data-Mining Privacy Laws” (NPR, Morning Edition audio
May 18, 2004).