Protecting Individual Privacy in the Struggle Against Terrorists

Committee on Technical and Privacy Dimensions of Information for Terrorism Prevention and Other National Goals, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Scoping the Issue: Terrorism, Privacy, and Technology; 4 2 A Framework for Evaluating Information-Based Programs to Fight Terrorism or Serve Other Important National Goals; 5 3 Conclusions and Recommendations; 6 Appendixes; 7 Appendix A: Acronyms; 8 Appendix B: Terrorism and Terrorists; 9 Appendix C: Information and Information Technology; 10 Appendix D: The Life Cycle of Technology, Systems, and Programs; 11 Appendix E: Hypothetical and Illustrative Applications of the Framework to Various Scenarios; 12 Appendix F: Privacy-Related Law and Regulation: The State of the Law and Outstanding Issues; 13 Appendix G: The Jurisprudence of Privacy Law and the Need for Independent Oversight; 14 Appendix H: Data Mining and Information Fusion; 15 Appendix I: Illustrative Government Data Mining Programs and Activity; 16 Appendix J: The Total/Terrorist Information Awareness Program; 17 Appendix K: Behavioral-Surveillance Techniques and Technologies; 18 Appendix L: The Science and Technology of Privacy Protection; 19 Appendix M: Public Opinion Data on U.S. Attitudes Toward Government Counterterrorism Efforts; 20 Appendix N: Committee and Staff Biographical Information; 21 Appendix O: Meeting Participants and Other Contributors