[lbo-talk] finkizens II

Kelley the-squeeze at pulpculture.org
Fri Jun 27 08:27:16 PDT 2003


<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,59365,00.html>

To track domestic terrorist threats against the military, the Pentagon

is creating a new database that will contain "raw, non-validated"

reports of "anomalous activities" within the United States.

According to a Department of Defense memorandum, the system, known as

Talon, will provide a mechanism to collect and rapidly share reports "by

concerned citizens and military members regarding suspicious incidents."

Talon was described in a May 2 memorandum to top Pentagon brass from

Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz. In the memo, Wolfowitz

directed the heads of military departments and agencies to begin

producing Talon reports immediately.

A similar reporting system proposed by Attorney General John Ashcroft

was shelved last year following opposition from privacy groups and

others. Known as Operation TIPS, the Department of Justice system

was intended to enlist civilian workers nationwide to report possible

terrorist activity.

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