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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’d like to introduce myself to the
list. My name is Kris Unsworth. I’m currently working on my dissertation in
Information Science at the <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Washington</st1:PlaceName> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Seattle</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>. My focus is information policy
and ethics. I am examining the way governments and particularly national
security agencies use social categorization in analyzing data collected through
surveillance. I will be looking at this across a couple of different historical
situations, namely, the East German Secret Service and probably a case from the
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State>
state branch of the un-American activities commission. I would also like to make
some insinuations about current issues in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>To do this I will be analyzing memos,
personal papers and policy documents to get an idea of the actual categories
used, how they were determined and by whom and then look at an instantiation of
these categories in each case. This process will be facilitated by the large
amount of work done in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Germany</st1:place></st1:country-region>
with the “Stasi” files and includes a dictionary of sorts for terms
or categories used by the State Security. I am hoping that I will be able to
determine similar types of categorization by looking at US archives related to
McCarthy and the FBI at the time. One of my main points is to expose this
process as something that occurs regardless of ideology.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’m still struggling a bit with how
I’ll actually interpret the documents. The CDA person on my committee has
suggested I read van Dijk’s book, Ideology, so I am and think I will be a
great resource for the project.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>If anyone know of other work similar to
what I’m undertaking I’d welcome suggestions and input.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Nice to meet you all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Kris<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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