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." 

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

SourceWatch Resources

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