[mrsmith]

None of this is in the Homeland bill.

'This is not some far-out Orwellian scenario. It is what will happen to your personal freedom in the next few weeks if John Poindexter gets the unprecedented power he seeks.'

Do you have any idea what he is talking about?

Does he?

[Sandy]

None of this is in the Homeland bill.

You're correct. Total Information Awareness is a DARPA project already in the works. The HSD bill that the House just passed creates something IIRC called the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA), similar to DARPA but certainly not the same thing.

[Nuke'm Glowing]

" Do you have any idea what he is talking about?"

Do a search for the IAO. It is a newly created office (Jan 2002) within DARPA. It will chill your spine unless you are already bleeting with the rest of the sheeple.