The Virtual Total Information Awareness Office: After Sting and Santa

The Virtual Total Information Awareness Office
is watching you
virtually wherever you are.
It knows what you are buying.
It knows where you are living.
It knows where you are working.

Every step you take
every move you make
the Total Information Awareness Office
is watching you.

It sees you on the street
on the train and in the buses.
It knows your diseases
and measures every drug you take.

It knows who your lover is
and keeps track of your divorces.
It wants to put a chip in your head
and give you a number like 666.
It counts debts and can collect.
It can steal your identity and make you dead

The admiral is keeping a data base
and he's checking it twice
in the total information awareness office.

Every step you take
every move you make
the admiral will be watching you.

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