The problem we were struggling with within the closed market was what the incentive would be. You probably wouldn't use dollars. But those are all questions that need to be explored. — John Poindexter Copy Share Image
TIA was being used by real users, working on real data - foreign data. Data where privacy is not an issue. — John Poindexter Copy Share Image
I knew from the beginning that privacy was going to be a huge issue, especially with regard to applying Total Information Awareness in counterterrorism.… — John Poindexter Copy Share Image
I think it is very difficult today to have a reasoned public discourse on any controversial subject. Certainly, election years present a complicating factor. — John Poindexter Copy Share Image
The problem we were struggling with within the closed market was what the incentive would be. You probably wouldn't use dollars. But those are… — John Poindexter Copy Share Image
We wanted to be as expansive as possible to make sure we didn't preclude some good ideas. — John Poindexter Copy Share Image
It would be ideal if we could have an uncontrolled flow of information. But we realized you can't do that. — John Poindexter Copy Share Image
I think if I had to do it over again, I'd do it the same way. I would just put more resources into getting… — John Poindexter Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I continue to speak out is that the solutions to the counterterrorism problem involve other parts of the national security… — John Poindexter Copy Share Image
Nobody - myself included - believes that we could ever achieve total information awareness. But the government needs to set goals and long-range objectives.… — John Poindexter Copy Share Image
I really believe that we don't have to make a trade-off between security and privacy. I think technology gives us the ability to have… — John Poindexter Copy Share Image
You accept failure as a possible outcome of some of the experiments. If you don't get failures, you're not pushing hard enough on the… — John Poindexter Copy Share Image
Uncontrolled access to data, with no audit trail of activity and no oversight would be going too far. This applies to both commercial and… — John Poindexter Copy Share Image
