DNI report gives a glimpse of gov't data mining projects Via Law & Disorder Section - Ars Technica :

The most interesting thing about the second annual data mining report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence—an abbreviated public version of which was released last week—may be what isn't in it. The current report, surveying research underway at ODNI's Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) division, focuses almost exclusively on a video analysis project. Several other programs alluded to in last year's report—including two that appear to be descendants of the defunct Total Information Awareness program—have ended their research phases. But does that mean they're mothballed, or just out of beta?

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