{"id":20,"date":"2002-11-21T00:12:42","date_gmt":"2002-11-21T00:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bdragon.com\/?p=20"},"modified":"2011-03-30T03:05:57","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T09:05:57","slug":"told-you-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bdragon.com\/lair\/2002\/11\/told-you-so\/","title":{"rendered":"Told You So…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Well, every purchase you make is going to be tracked by the U.S. Government – so get used to it…. Hopefully you don’t buy too many things that “they” consider suspicious eh?<\/p>\n

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\nA 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.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Edward Aldridge, undersecretary of Acquisitions and Technology, told reporters that the Pentagon is developing a prototype database to seek “patterns indicative of terrorist activity.” Aldridge said the database would collect and use software to analyze consumer purchases in hopes of catching terrorists before it’s too late.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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It would also combine consumer information with visa records, passports, arrest records or reports of suspicious activity given to law enforcement or intelligence services.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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TIAF’s office logo is now one eye scanning the globe. The translation of the Latin motto: knowledge is power. Some say, possibly too much power. “What this is talking about is making us a nation of suspects and I am sorry, the United States citizens should not have to live in fear of their own government and that is exactly what this is going to turn out to be,” said Chuck Pena, senior defense policy analyst at the Cato Institute.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n