ID:

160

Date:

2007-01-17

Headline:

Protestors found in database

Reporter's name:

Walter Pincus

Delay/denial:

No

Lawsuit:

Yes

Fees:

No

Media outlet:

The Washington Post

City:

Washington, DC

Summary:

A FOIA lawsuit brought by the ACLU resulted in the release of a series of documents about Talon, a Defense Department database of potential threats to military facilities and personnel. One memo showed that the database had 13,000 entries in early 2006, including nearly 3,000 reports involving American citizens.

Keywords:

Defense Department, database, Talon, American Civil Liberties Union, Counterintelligence Field Activity

Agencies:

DOD

States:

US

Categories:

military