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 Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:38 am Post subject: Pentagon Wants To End Controversial Spying Program? |
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Pentagon Wants To End Controversial Domestic Spying Program? 
Wed Apr 25, 7:05 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Pentagon wants to close a domestic terrorism spying venture that has drawn criticism for collecting information on peaceful activists inside the United States, a spokesman said Wednesday.
The new undersecretary of defense for intelligence, James Clapper, found disappointing results during a review of the Pentagon's Threat and Local Observation Notice (TALON) database, instituted in 2003.
Clapper "has assessed the results of the TALON program and does not believe they merit continuing the program as currently constituted, particularly in light of its image in Congress and the media," spokesman Pat Ryder said.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has not yet made a formal decision to shut down the program, Ryder added 
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