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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Related NPR storyThis 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.