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                                MONDAY JULY 15 2002                   ShopNetDaily   Page 1 News   Page 2 News   LocalNetDaily   Commentary   Classified Ads   Letters   People Search   SportsNetDaily   Health   Weather   TV Guide   Movies   Business   Stocks     MONDAY, JULY 15, 2002 Just the TIPS of the iceberg After reading about the TIPS program (Terrorism Information and Prevention System), I think there may be a good editorial possibility here. As a public service promoting our national security, here are some things that should be reported...

Security bill loses ID card, TIPS Ellen Sorokin THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published 7/19/2002 House Majority Leader Dick Armey, in his markup of legislation to create a Homeland Security Department, yesterday rejected a national identification card and scrapped a program that would use volunteers in domestic surveillance. Mr. Armey, chairman of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security, included language in his markup of the legislation to prohibit the Justice Department from initiating the Terrorism Information and Prevention System, also called Operation TIPS. Mr. Armey's bill also would create a "privacy officer" in the Homeland Security Department, which he said was...

CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press WriterThursday, July 18, 2002 ©2002 Associated Press URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2002/07/18/national1643EDT0751.DTL (07-18) 14:34 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush's plan for uniform national drivers' license standards would be killed and a year-end deadline for anti-terrorism screening of airport baggage would be postponed indefinitely under legislation unveiled Thursday by House Republican leaders. The fine print of the 216-page bill creating a new Homeland Security Department, sponsored by House Majority Leader Dick Armey, also would scrap a Bush administration program that critics say encourages Americans to spy on each other and would give some technology companies involved in national security...

Is operation TIPS part of a plan to defend our homeland—or destroy it? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "There ought to be limits to freedom." —George W. Bush, May 21, 1999 "I tell you, freedom and human rights in America are doomed. The U.S. government will lead the American people in—and the West in general—into an unbearable hell and a choking life." —Osama bin Laden, Oct. 21, 2001 When George W. Bush made his astonishing remark about limiting freedom, he was referring to his desire to shut down a parody website that had been giving him grief. But with every new proposal put forth...

US planning to recruit one in 24 Americans as citizen spies The Bush Administration aims to recruit millions of United States citizens as domestic informants in a program likely to alarm civil liberties groups. 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". Civil liberties groups have already warned that, with the passage earlier this year of the Patriot Act, there is potential...

The Bush Administration aims to recruit millions of United States citizens as domestic informants in a program likely to alarm civil liberties groups. 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". Civil liberties groups have already warned that, with the passage earlier this year of the Patriot Act, there is potential for abusive, large-scale investigations of US citizens. As with the Patriot...

US planning to recruit one in 24 Americans as citizen spies By Ritt Goldstein July 15 2002 The Bush Administration aims to recruit millions of United States citizens as domestic informants in a program likely to alarm civil liberties groups. 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". Civil liberties groups have already warned that, with the passage earlier this year of the...

High court affirms IRS power to estimate tips Tuesday, June 18, 2002 WASHINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service can use estimates to make sure it is collecting enough taxes on cash restaurant tips, the Supreme Court said Monday. The court beefed up the IRS's power to calculate taxes that businesses owe from employees' tips, a thorny task because often the tips are cash, and workers report their own earnings. At issue is tax responsibilities of employers, who must pay 7.65 percent Social Security taxes on the tips their employees collect. Nationwide, employees reported collecting $14.3 billion in tips in 1999,...

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service can use estimates to make sure it is collecting enough taxes on cash restaurant tips, the Supreme Court said Monday. The court beefed up the IRS' power to calculate taxes that businesses owe from employees' tips, a thorny task because often the tips are cash and workers report their own earnings. The ruling is a defeat for the estimated 200,000 restaurants with tipped workers, and many other businesses whose employees receive tips. The court said the IRS can estimate the amount of cash tips given to employees based on tips shown on credit card...