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Friday, January 24, 2003
Senator Seeks Curbs on Computer Dragnet - Susan Cornwell, Reuters
A senior Republican senator joined efforts on Wednesday to prevent a fledgling Pentagon computer dragnet from invading the privacy of U.S. citizens while searching databases for terrorist threats. Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, the Senate Finance Committee chairman, stopped short of embracing an attempt by Democrats to block all funding for the controversial Bush administration program, known as the Total Information Awareness project.
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