http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Information_Awareness http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Information_Awareness "Although the program was formally suspended,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Information_Awareness http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Information_Awareness "Although the program was formally suspended, its data mining software was later adopted by other government agencies, with only superficial changes being made. According to a 2012 New York Times article, the legacy of Total Information Awareness is "quietly thriving" at the National Security Agency (NSA).[12]" "As a "virtual, centralized, grand database”,[18] the scope of surveillance includes, among others, credit card purchases, magazine subscriptions, web browsing histories, academic grades, bank deposits, passport applications, driver's licenses, toll records, judicial records, divorce records, etc.[10]" "Health information collected by TIA include drug prescriptions,[10] medical records,[19] and individual DNA.[20]"