Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epsteinbd who wrote (17339)	7/16/2002 9:13:20 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

USA - TIPSTER PROGRAM TO START IN AUGUST (JUL 16/SYDNEY) Date: 07/16/2002 SYDNEY MORNING HERALD -- A Bush administration plan will use one in 24 Americans in major urban areas as anti-terrorist informants, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. The program, called the Terrorism Information and Prevention System (TIPS), will recruit people working as letter carriers, utility workers, cab drivers, truckers and train conductors to report suspicious activity. Operation TIPS, a project of the U.S. Department of Justice, will begin next month as a pilot program in 10 of the largest cities. According to the U.S. government website, www.citizencorps.gov, "Operation TIPS, involving 1 million workers in the pilot stage, will be a national reporting system that allows these workers, whose routines make them well-positioned to recognize unusual events, to report suspicious activity."

To: epsteinbd who wrote (17339)	7/16/2002 12:34:32 PM
From: Investor Clouseau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

Where do you think this Muslim World Terrorist Organisation is going to hit ? epsteinbd, this is part of the problem IMO. Israeli's immediately label any hate crime by a single individual against a Jew, as an act of terrorism. Becasue America is very diverse and includes 6 million Muslims, we must always try to understand all points of view. Because of this diversity, not everything is automatically labeled a politically motivated act terrorism. This in no way condones hate crimes committed by the ignorant. IC