[zoyd]

Said Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge: "The last thing we want is Americans spying on Americans. That's just not what the president is all about, and not what the TIPS program is all about."

Here we have Ridge, in perhaps the most bold-faced lie I've seen in months, straight-faced telling us that 'we don't want Americans spying on Americans..."

UNBELIEVABLE! The COJONES of the guy to say that...

I get the feeling that if he were walking by a house that was engulfed in flames, and his friend said, "Look, Tom, that house is on fire!" Tom would glance over, and then, with a straight face, say, "Nah, that house isn't on fire..."

[zoyd]

The Ridge quote is from the Post Office article on TIPS from:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=513&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20020717/ap_on_go_ot/operation_tips_8