has been given by the Department of Homeland Security to develop software to scan personal opinions in print and on websites to look for dissent of the Bush Administration.
The Universities of Rutgers, Cornell, Pittsburgh and Utah will be developing this software.

Consider this: on Tuesday George W. Bush signed the "Military Commissions Act," which states that he can arbitrarily declare anyone - yes, American citizens included - an "unlawful enemy combatant" for any action that he arbitrarily decides constitutes "material support" to terrorists. He can imprison these "UECs" without charge or trial, for the duration of the "War on Terror," which he and Dick Cheney have already assured us will not end "in our lifetime."

>" A regime openly committed to wielding arbitrary power over the life and liberty of every person on earth is now equipping itself with intrusive technology beyond the wildest dreams of the most totalitarian states in history. And some of the nation's most respected educational institutions - proud bastions of civilization and enlightenment - are helping them do it."

Cold, hard cash will keep these universities in the <money.>