[Sigia-l] the moral responsibilities of an IA

[Ken Bryson]

>
> "It's enough to make anyone paranoid!"
>
> Then, there's this:
>
> http://www.darpa.mil/iao/index.htm
>
> from your friendly Total Information Awarness Office


"IAO Vision:  The most serious asymmetric threat facing the United States is
terrorism, a threat characterized by collections of people loosely organized
in shadowy networks that are difficult to identify and define.  IAO plans to
develop technology that will allow understanding of the intent of these
networks, their plans, and potentially define opportunities for disrupting
or eliminating the threats"


"collections of people loosely organized in shadowy networks"
 -- information architects for instance?

"develop ... understanding of the intent of these networks, their plans, and
potentially define opportunities for disrupting or eliminating the threats"
 -- hmmm... so this is where that "menace" thread originated




-kb