Government Information Awareness

Posted July 11, 2003 to World category.

This is something which all third world countries desprately need. In Pakistan, if there was a dossier published on the doings of a large number of our top politicians and so-called leaders, the Hague would be sending out calls for their extradition for crimes against humanity and common sense.

Others all over the world are also talking about the same thing: "This gives Big Brother a taste of his own medicine, and we need something like this in [place your country here]."

To empower citizens by providing a single, comprehensive, easy-to-use repository of information on individuals, organizations, and corporations related to the government of the United States of America.

To allow citizens to submit intelligence about government-related issues, while maintaining their anonymity. To allow members of the government a chance to participate in the process.
>> Government Information Awareness

On the other hand:

The goal, according to a recent Pentagon presentation to defense contractors, is to "track everything that moves." "This gives the U.S. government capabilities Big Brother only pretended to have," said John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org, a defense think tank. "Before, we said Big Brother's watching. But he really wasn't, because there was too much to watch."
>> The Village Voice: Big Brother Gets a Brain

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