The good news is the creepy pyramid/eye/globe logo has been tossed. They have revised their site as well. Their chart flow shows a new picture of how the program works. They left out the part about what records they would be compiling on everyone:
financial, Education, Travel, Medical, Veterinary, Country Entry, Place/Event Entry, transportation, Housing, Critical resources, Government Communications.
As you can see this isn't just a minimal invasion of privacy.

Their site also removed the names and resumes of their senior staff and I can understand why. A group of activists decided to show Poindexter what it would feel like to have his privacy targeted.

Matt Smith, a columnist with SF Weekly, facetiously published Poindexter's phone number last month and encouraged readers to call. The column quickly circulated around the Internet and sparked a flood of responses.

Another group has plastered Poindexter's e-mail address and home phone number on dozens of Web sites, forcing him to block all incoming calls. They've posted satellite images of his suburban Washington house and maps showing how to get there. And they've created online forms to collect even more personal data on him. They even say they have his social security number but are not releasing it to the public fearing identity theft.

Another San Francisco-based electronic-privacy group, published not only Poindexter's home phone number but those of some of his neighbors as well in a column that has been posted on several Web sites.

It's hard to feel sorry for him...he is going to be gathering the same info on all of us. Not to mention he was a key figure in the Iran-Contra scandal. He was convicted of five felony counts of lying to Congress, destroying official documents and obstructing the congressional inquiry into the affair. His convictions were overturned on appeal, because testimony given by Poindexter to Congress under a grant of immunity was unfairly used against him at trial.

This is who will be gathering all of your private information no warrant required, which throws the 4th Ammendment out the window. You can find some interesting articles about this by doing a google search but below are the original and revised versions of the TIA's web site.

original Homepage:
original home page w/logo
and the first flowchart:
original flowchart
and the revised versions:
current homepage
current flowchart

emote:feels a cold wind sweeping in from the east which cuts to the bone through his normally warm winter clothing.