The Defense Department said on Tuesday that it would close down an antiterrorism database of perceived threats to the armed forces that at one point contained information on antiwar protests on college campuses and elsewhere. After an outcry over the collection of such information, the Pentagon said it had removed any material unrelated to international terrorism. According to the Associated Press, the database, known as Threat and Local Observation Notice, or Talon, will cease operating in mid-September because of its low value to the Pentagon, not because of public criticism of its use to monitor legal dissent. Talon data will be retained, however, and future information on threats to the military will be forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. —Andrew Mytelka
August 22, 2007
Pentagon Will Close Database Once Used to Monitor Campus Protests
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