7/15/2002
Is this just just me? Or does Project TIPS sound like Project Informing the Police State? ("A national system for concerned workers to report suspicious activity," says its Orwellian website. (Here's a parody of the Orwellian Web site. Don't worry, the author has been reported to the Office of Homeland Security.)
The Washington Post registers vague unease. "The administration owes a fuller explanation before launch day," it says. No argument there.
A piece in the Sydney Morning Herald make this observation -- The Terrorism Information and Prevention System, or TIPS, means the US will have a higher percentage of citizen informants than the former East Germany through the infamous Stasi secret police. The program would use a minimum of 4 per cent of Americans to report "suspicious activity".
Most of the U.S. media takes a pass on the story. At least so far.
The Washington Post registers vague unease. "The administration owes a fuller explanation before launch day," it says. No argument there.
A piece in the Sydney Morning Herald make this observation -- The Terrorism Information and Prevention System, or TIPS, means the US will have a higher percentage of citizen informants than the former East Germany through the infamous Stasi secret police. The program would use a minimum of 4 per cent of Americans to report "suspicious activity".
Most of the U.S. media takes a pass on the story. At least so far.
