I think TIPS is a fine idea. A few people will undoubtedly get carried away but most of us would be very happy to have a good number to call in the event that they see something that seems to reflect terrorist activities/groups. I do not see it as the Stasi, J. Edgar Hoover's enemy list or Joe McCarthy reincarnated. >>> "J.Michael Cuciti" <mcuciti@private> 07/19/02 08:33AM >>> All: Let me put in my $.02: Operation TIPS is an opportunity for millions of ordinary citizens to assist law enforcement to track suspicious activities. Citizen in the United States have always had the opportunity to assist law enforcement agengies. If something did look right or was out of place, citizens can call 911 to report it. There is no law or government program for any of us to do that. What bothers me is the fact that the government may be or the citizens may believe the government is condoning "spying" on your neighbors. Good neighbors watch out for their fellow neighbors and their property. Mine do. I'm sorry, but I see a bit of McCarthyism here and I'm concerned that some "helpful" citizens will carry Operations TIPS too far. Common sense and good jugdment should prevail. Thanks for your time. J. Michael (Mike) Cuciti IT Support Manager Washington State Department of Health "Goerling, Richard J. LT (TAD to CGIC Portland)" <RIGoerling@private> wrote: > --------------------------------------------- > Attachment: > MIME Type: multipart/alternative > --------------------------------------------- Thanks to Todd for the good links re: OP TIPS. I'm very interested in CRIME members perspective. This program was handed to the Coast Guard's National Response Center by US DOJ to field the phone calls from the public. I'll have to reserve my comments for now, but please take a look at the program and let me know what you think. Rich Goerling US Coast Guard Portland, OR -----Original Message----- From: Todd Ellner [mailto:tellner@private] Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 2:17 PM To: crime@private Subject: CRIME Re: TIPS Someone asked about operation TIPS. Below are a couple of relevant links: http://www.aclu.org/news/2002/n071802b.html http://www.aclu.org/news/2002/n071602a.html <http://www.aclu.org/news/2002/n071602a.html> http://www.citizencorps.gov/tips.html <http://www.citizencorps.gov/tips.html> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63924-2002Jul12.html <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63924-2002Jul12.html> http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/07/17/usps.operation.tip/index.html <http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/07/17/usps.operation.tip/index.html> http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/07/17/operation.tips.ap/index.html <http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/07/17/operation.tips.ap/index.html> Somewhere, in the back of my mind, I hear an old, scratchy, Stalin-era record playing "Comrades! Root out treason and imperialist subversion! Complete the Five Year Plan in three years!" .
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