You left out CARNIVORE...
I wonder if crappy nappy from AZ will continue the use of these intelligence tools? Doubt it, after all civil liberties comes before the safety of the homeland.
Einstein keeps an eye on agency networks. DHS officials named the program Einstein because they think their monitoring program is smart. Since 2004, Einstein has monitored participating agencies' network gateways for traffic patterns that indicate the presence of computer worms or other unwanted traffic. By collecting traffic information summaries at agency gateways, Einstein gives US-CERT analysts and participating agencies a big-picture view of bad activity on federal networks.
Department of Homeland Security officials about their plans to expand an existing "intrusion detection" system known as Einstein [February 28, 2008 11:38 AM PST ]
There is MUCH the public does not know and will never know unless some "read-in" individual feels it is his "patriotic duty" to run to the NY Slimes who will then inform all 300 million of us what SECRETS the US is keeping from us. After all we have a need to know what the big evil government is doing that keeps us safe, all the while screaming the Constitution is being shredded while we are calling our elderly terrorist uncle Somalia. /sarc
Would it violate any law for the NYT to publish the day's ICBM and SLBM nuke launch codes on thier front page? Seems unlikely the talk one hears these days.
RIP America.