Talon Database - a new and improved "Operation Tips"

[shance]

<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.
...

[converted_democrat]

1. WTF??????n/t

[KoKo]

2. Wasn't "Talon" the name of the bogus Repug News group Gannon worked for?

"Talon News Service," wasn't it? Coincidence? :eyes:

[shance]

4. They like the Talon title, don't they?

Who knows?

:shrug:

[peacetalksforall]

3. Oh man, now we have to differentiate - Talon the pretend news entity

headed by a pretend journalist with favors and sponsored by Republican Party wealthy operatives - and - Talon the illegal MILITARY spy operation for collecting and storing MILITARY data ILLEGALLY on U.S. citizens, green card holdlers, and guests of the U.S.

Looks like George and Dick or George or Dick told Don and Condaleeza to go all out in spying on the world.

Illegal - Military spying and data compilation on U.S. citizens
Illegal - NSC spying inside the U.S.
Illegal - spying that exceeds the law between 9-11 and the signing of the Patriot Act (and after if exceeding the Patriot Act).

Keep in mind that

Looks like we're headed for a lot of sneers and doe-in-the-headlight facial grimaces.

I hope all the pearl-necklaced and suit and tied ladies and gentlemen of the Repulican Party who met friends at their country clubs last evening are proud of their Party.

Ah, but Nixon was such a pussy cat compared to these leaders. Guess that makes it all right to stay a Republican.

Say - do you think that the 400+ billion dollars missing from the DOD budget was spent on the computers and software for this project? Was this Poindexter's coffee break project?

[shance]

5. Situations like this reveal how important it is for people to participate

in our Democracy.

I realize for so much of the working public its easier said than done, however, its something that if we don't do it, we all become vulnerable to such abuse of power.

[shance]

6. kick

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