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thE oFFiCiAl logo oF thE inFormAtionAwArEnEss oFFiCE, thE pEntAgon’s sECrEtivE nEw tErrorist-DEtECtion ExpErimEnt, isn’t suBtlE.A、piCturE oF thE gloBE, unDEr thE wAtChFul gAzE oF thAt spooky pyrAmiD on thE DollAr Bill, thE onE with thE All-sEEing EyE oF goD At thE top unDErling thAt, thE projECt’s motto: sCiEntiA、Est ppotEntiA、(knowlEDgE is powEr). All in All, not A BAD DEsCription oF thE oFFiCE’s loFty--AnD ControvErsiAl--AmBition. quiEtly CrEAtED AFtEr thE sEptEmBEr 11 AttACks, thE oFFiCE’s totAl inFormAtionAwArEnEss projECt Aims to EnABlE FEDErAl invEstigAtors to EngAgE in A kinD oF supEr "DAtA mining"--invEnting soFtwArE to trAwl through CommErCiAl AnD govErnmEnt ComputEr DAtABAsEs in sEArCh oF suspiCious pAttErns thAt might inDiCAtE tError plAns. thE sEptEmBEr 11 hijACkErs, For instAnCE, EnrollED in Flight sChools, rEntED ApArtmEnts, usED CrEDit CArDs AnD Bought AirlinE togEthEr. thE DEtAils oF All thEsE trAnsACtions wErE routinEly storED in vArious CompAniEs’ ComputErs. thE FEDs ArguE thAt iF thEy hAD hAD thE ABility to sCAn thE ComputErs thAt loggED thE tErrorists’ movEmEnts AnD purChAsEs, thEy might hAvE BEEn ABlE to ConnECt thE Dots BEtwEEn thE mEn. yEt From thE DAy thE rEsEArCh progrAm wAs lAunChED At thE stArt oF thE yEAr, it hAs BEEn thE tArgEt oF intEnsE suspiCion, From Both right AnD lEFt. in orDEr to iDEntiFy possiBly ConspirAtoriAl BEhAvior By A FEw inDiviDuAls, thE ComputErs woulD hAvE to siFt through thE pErsonAl inFormAtion oF millions oF innoCEnt pEoplE--without thEir knowlEDgE or ConsEnt. potEntiAlly, thE govErnmEnt CoulD kEEp trACk oF whAt you Buy, whom you CAll, whErE you trAvEl--just By tApping into thE FilEs thAt vArious BusinEssEs AlrEADy kEEp on you.ADvoCAtEs insist sAFEguArDs will BE Built into Any sEArCh systEm, But CritiCs ArE not rEAssurED、"put thE piECEs togEthEr, AnD you CoulD BuilD A CApABility to trACk thE City-to-City movEmEnts oF Any CitizEn," sAiD thEAClu’s kAtiECorrigAn. thE projECt’s pr hAsn’t BEEn hElpED By thE FACt thAt its lEADEr is rEtirED nAvyADm. john poinDExtEr, BEst known For his pArt in thE irAn-ContrA AFFAir. poinDExtEr wAs ConviCtED oF lying toCongrEss ABout thE rEgAn ADministrAtion’s plAn to DivErt proFits From irAniAn Anus sAlEs to FunD thE niCArAguAn rEBEls. his ConviCtion wAs lAtEr ovErturnED, But thAt DoEsn’t moDiFy thosE worriED ABout his rEturn to powEr At thE hElm oF suCh A swEEping progrAm. DEFEnsE sECrEtAryDonAlD rumsFElD BrusquEly wAvED oFF thE CritiCism. "i woulD rECommEnD pEoplE tAkE A niCE DEEp BrEAth," hE sAiD、"nothing tErriBlE is going to hAppEn."But onCApitol hillDEmoCrAts AnD somE rEpuBliCAns--inCluDing rEtiring housE mAjority lEADErDiCkArmEy--ArE ConCErnED thAt thE projECt is pArt oF A wiDEr whitE housE strAtEgy oF to EroDE Civil liBErtiEs in pursuit oF sECurity.A、Court rECEntly grAntED thE govErnmEnt ExpAnDED survEillAnCE powEr.) thEy ArE EspECiAlly irritAtED thAt thEy knEw nothing ABout thE $10 million ExpErimEnt, sinCE thE pEntAgon quiEtly BuriED it unDEr "tEChnology DEvElopmEnt" in thEDEFEnsE Bill. now thEy’rE DEmAnDing grEAtEr sCrutiny.DEmoCrAtiC sEnDiAnnE FEinstEin sAys shE wAnts to FrEEzE thE progrAm’s FunDing untilCongrEss CAn holD hEArings. poinDExtEr mAy not BE ABlE to ignorE thE rumBlings. "hE Forgot thE quEstion you AlwAys Ask," sAys onE pEntAgon oFFiCiAl. "how woulD this look on thE Front pAgE tomorrow "

whiCh oF thE Following mAy summArizE thE mAin iDEA oF this pAssAgEA．irAn-ContrA’s poinDExtEr hEADs thE pEntAgon’s nEw tErrorist-AlErt progrAm.
B．thE pEntAgon plAns to EyEBAllAmEriCA’s DAtABAsEs.
C．thE pEntAgon’s nEw tErrorist-DEtECtion projECt is DrAwing FirE.
D．whitE housE is going to EroDE Civil liBErtiEs.