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In Which the Shrub administration seems to be saying,
"Pass the crack pipe, please."
The madness never stops when it comes to Operation TIPS. Remember Operation TIPS?
To refresh your memory, it's a much-criticized nationwide network of citizen informants "who, in the daily course of their work, are in a unique position to see potentially unusual or suspicious activity." Yes, apparently we were jealous of China's paranoia-inducing system of citizen informants.
Now, Salon and the ACLU are reporting that calls to the TIPS hotline are being forwarded to—get this—the hotline for the Fox television show America's Most Wanted.
Because, you know, in the current economic climate, trusting private corporations to do the right thing really seems like the best thing to do.
While we're at it, let's just put Hilary Rosen in charge of copyright legislation. Oh, wait! Shit! They already effectively did that!
