Pentagon to Track All Consumer Purchases: Total Information Awareness Program
"A massive database that the government will use to monitor every purchase made by every American citizen is a necessary tool in the war on terror, the Pentagon said Wednesday."
The database, which is viewed by the Pentagon as another "tool" in the war on terror, will look for "telltale signs of suspicious consumer behavior."
Examples cited were: "sudden and large cash withdrawals, one-way air or rail travel, rental car transactions and purchases of firearms, chemicals or agents that could be used to produce biological or chemical weapons."
The program will also "combine consumer information with visa records, passports, arrest records or reports of suspicious activity given to law enforcement or intelligence services."
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