FC: Pentagon creating domestic "suspicious incident" Talon database?

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Fri Jun 27 2003 - 07:24:47 PDT

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    To: declanat_private
    From: Earl Hood <earlat_private>
    Reply-To: Earl Hood <earlat_private>
    Subject: DoD Logging Unverified Tips
    Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 23:00:23 -0500
    
    <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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