Orlando Sentinel "Workers recruited in war on terror"

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I haven't seen this here, if it is a dupe let me know and I will delete.

"The Citizen Awareness Program is similar to Operation TIPS, which President Bush introduced for national adoption in July 2002 as part of a larger homeland-security plan. But critics immediately attacked the program for violating privacy rights and potentially creating a civilian-spy network."

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"'If the A.C.L.U. does not like me doing this, I know I'm doing something right,' Lamar told a group of law-enforcement and security-industry officials recently at the Information Sharing and Homeland Security conference in Orlando."

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This is some scary shit. I can only conclude that "1984" is not required reading anymore.

If memory serves, Lamar was the same guy that back in the early 90's put porn on trial trying to ban it.

[Beearewhyain]

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"Lt. Lee Massie, deputy chief of the Sheriff's Office intelligence unit, who designed much of the program, said the brochures were not meant to be a final version, only a draft. But officials said last week they spent $500 on the 5,000 copies and contacted Orange County Fire Rescue Division to talk about starting training sessions."

So printing 5k copies is a rough draft? :wtf:

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Edit: ttypo :)