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TIPS of the iceberg. (Networks).(Brief Article)

American Prospect, The,  August, 2002  

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IT'S BEEN PRETTY HARD TO miss the clamor over Operation TIPS, the Justice Department's plan to create a network of civilians who are in a "unique position" to watch for and report "suspicious activity."

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Who might those civilians be? Mail carriers, truck drivers and cable installers, to name a few. Teamsters President James P. Hoffa has pledged the eyes and ears of that union's American members. The International Longshoremen's Association offered 65,000 potential TIPSters. And leaders of the U.S. Postal Service, who first said they wouldn't participate, ...

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