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stomach as you read this article....
 
Questions for after you read the article.
Does anyone know where the CIFA agency is located here in Texas?

Does anyone think our list is being data
mined?
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Pentagon Expanding Its Domestic Surveillance Activity

Fears of Post-9/11 Terrorism Spur Proposals for New Powers

By Walter PincusWashington Post Staff Writer
Sunday,
November 27, 2005; Page A06

The Defense Department has expanded its programs aimed at gathering and
analyzing intelligence within the United States, creating new agencies, adding
personnel and seeking additional legal authority for domestic security
activities in the post-9/11 world.

The moves have taken place on several fronts. The White House is
considering expanding the power of a little-known Pentagon agency called the
Counterintelligence Field Activity, or CIFA, which was created three years ago.
The proposal, made by a presidential commission, would transform CIFA from an
office that coordinates Pentagon security efforts -- including protecting
military facilities from attack -- to one that also has authority to investigate
crimes within the United States such as treason, foreign or terrorist sabotage
or even economic espionage.

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The Pentagon has pushed legislation on Capitol Hill that would create
an intelligence exception to the Privacy Act, allowing the FBI and others to
share information gathered about U.S. citizens with the Pentagon, CIA and other
intelligence agencies, as long as the data is deemed to be related to foreign
intelligence. Backers say the measure is needed to strengthen investigations
into terrorism or weapons of mass destruction.

The proposals, and other Pentagon steps aimed at improving its ability
to analyze counterterrorism intelligence collected inside the United States,
have drawn complaints from civil liberties advocates and a few members of
Congress, who say the Defense Department's push into domestic collection is
proceeding with little scrutiny by the Congress or the public.

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