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Pentagon Makes Wish List of Surveillance Technology

Pentagon officials released a list of ideas for new technologies of surveillance. The list is intended to spark innovation and bids from private-sector developers of technology systems. The list includes systems that would track persons who purchase bomb-making material, polygraph machines for airline passengers, tracking devices for monitoring civilian and military targets, and software that can recognize persons who are speaking in Middle Eastern languages.

Pentagon Makes Rush Order For Anti-Terror Technology, Washington Post, October 26, 2001.