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Previous Politech message: "Salon on TIPS informant program and America's Most Wanted" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03861.html --- From: Larry Abramson <LAbramson@npr.org> To: "'declan@well.com'" <declan@well.com> Subject: RE: Salon on TIPS informant program and America's Most Wanted Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 12:23:19 -0400 Declan: I don't know whether anyone else has looked into this, but I did. America's Most Wanted says, this never happened, that the Salon account is completely wrong. And according to DOJ, the TIPS program is still a concept awaiting Congressional approval (which is probably not forthcoming. So there's no actual phone number to call, not yet. Larry Abramson Technology Correspondent, National Public Radio 202.513.2439 202.744.1532 (cell) labramson@npr.org --- From: "ßobÇat" To: <declan@well.com> Subject: Re: Salon on TIPS informant program and America's Most Wanted Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 14:05:56 -0400 [Remove my e-mail, ok to use my name.] Declan, the Amerithrax investigation does the same thing. <><><> http://www.usps.com/news/2001/press/pr01_1018reward.htm U.S. Postal Inspection Service, FBI offer reward of up to $1 million for information leading to arrest of anthrax mailers ... In partnership with America's Most Wanted, confidential telephone calls can be directed to the America's Most Wanted phone bank at 1-800 CRIME TV or to their Web site at www.amw.com. ... <><><> The rest of it sound like a promo for AMW. Did you know that ADVO Inc, the junk mail people, has contributed $500,000 to the Amerithrax investigation reward? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------