Fwd: Cable repairmen, Exterminators etc to spy on Citizens in Florida !

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> Cable repairmen, Exterminators etc to spy

on Citizens in Florida

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> Cable repairmen, Exterminators etc to spy on

> Citizens in Florida !

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> Remember back when you were in elementary through

> high school and you

> were told by teachers how lucky you were to live in

> a country where the

> govt does not read your mail (now e-mail) monitor

> your phone calls, or

> have neighbors spying on each other for the

> government ? !

> Well Not anymore !

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> FOXNews.com - U.S. & World - Florida Citizens to

> Help Catch Terrorists

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Address:http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,125598,00.html

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Florida Citizens to Help Catch Terrorists

 

Thursday, July 15, 2004

 

MIAMI — Law enforcement officials in central Florida

are planning to train cable repairmen, exterminators

and apartment managers to report signs of terrorism

inside their clients’ homes.

 

Supporters of the program say making private citizens

the eyes and ears of the police will save lives.

 

But opponents, like the ACLU (search), call the plan

“un-American” and say it’s a violation of privacy.

 

Operation TIPS (search), a similar program proposed by

President Bush, was withdrawn in 2002 after critics

said it would lead to racial profiling.

 

So far, 5,000 brochures detailing the Florida plan

have been printed, and volunteers will be trained what

to look for.

 

But Orange County officials stress that people who go

through the training will be encouraged to only report

what they see — not search for evidence.

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