Operation TIPS

Operation TIPS (Terrorism Information and Prevention System) was the failed Bush administration attempt in mid-2002 "to recruit millions of United States citizens as domestic informants." [1]

A Department of Justice plan under Attorney General John Ashcroft, TIPS was "being pursued as part of the so-called war against terrorism." [2]

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SourceWatch Resources

• George W. Bush's domestic spying
• homeland security
• Patriot Act I
• surveillance

External links

• Ritt Goldstein, "US planning to recruit one in 24 Americans as citizen spies," Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), July 14, 2002.
• George Sanchez, "The Furor Over TIPS," Mother Jones, July 17, 2002.
• Kathryn Casa, "Operations TIPS, the Terrorism Information and Prevention System. Plan Likened to Cold War Paranoia," Brattleboro Reformer (VT) (Common Dreams), July 17, 2002.
• Lisa M. Bowman, "Is your cable guy a spy?" C/Net News, July 17, 2002.
• Julie Madsen, "Security Bill Loses ID Card, TIPS," Utne, July 24, 2002.
• "Citizen Spies," The New Yorker, July 29, 2002 (posted); August 8, 2002 (issue).
• Anita Ramasastry, "We Don't Need Citizen Spies: The Problem With The Bush Administration's Proposed 'Operations TIPS'," FindLaw's Writ, August 5, 2002.
• "Operation TIPS Trips Up?" CBS News, August 8, 2002.
• David Lindorff, "New life for Operation TIPS," Salon, August 30, 2002: "Blasted for plans to link the spy program to 'America's Most Wanted,' [Attorney General] John Ashcroft has tapped another private firm to run its volunteer hotline. His most fervent supporter: [Senator (D-CT)] Joe Lieberman."
• "Stop the Government from Turning Neighbor Against Neighbor," ACLU, October 7, 2002.
• Julia Scheeres, "Feds' Spying Plan Fades to Black," Wired News, December 4, 2002.