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TIA: Terrorism Information Awareness

Terrorism Information Awareness (TIA - and formerly called Total Information Awareness) is the name of a U.S. project aimed at scanning enormous amounts of travel, financial, and other data from public and private sources in order to detect early preparations for terrorist attacks. The program was part of the Homeland Security Act and the project was managed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). In September 2003, the U.S. Congressional negotiators agreed to terminate the program, although software developed for it is possibly being shifted to other agencies.

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TIA: Terrorism Information Awareness