Talon Database - a new and improved "Operation Tips"

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<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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