Criticism
The Homeland Security Act has been criticized for forbidding the Citizen Corps program called Operation TIPS (Terrorism Information and Prevention System). This criticism is regarded to be from the fear that the rejection of TIPS may contain setbacks to civil liberties protections such as the right to privacy and obstructing public access to information.
According to activist Nancy Talanian, the established Homeland Security Act exacerbates three issues in the United States:
- Reduced Privacy
- Increased Government Secrecy
- Strengthened government protection of special interests
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