As with any public or private power, TIA's capabilities could have been abused -- which is why the Pentagon research team planned to build in powerful safeguards to protect individual privacy.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Balancing security and privacy during wartime

Luckow herself is torn between the need for strict laws to protect the privacy and individual liberties of the mentally ill and the need to bring them under medical care, even if that is against their will.

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