better watch out the Bush People aren't done with Tips Yet!
WASHINGTON - (KRT) - The Justice Department is forging ahead with establishing a network of domestic tipsters_despite being dealt what may be a deathly blow to the plan: House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas, inserted last week a ban on the program in the bill to form a new Homeland Security Department.
"The administration is continuing to pursue Operation TIPS. We're continuing with that course of action," Barbara Comstock, spokeswoman for Attorney General John Ashcroft, said in an interview Friday. That was the same day Armey's committee approved the bill. "We believe the program represents an important resource and that it's been misrepresented to date."
http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/politics/3708406.htmPsssst! Earth to TLBSHOW - that article was from July 2002 - well BEFORE the HSA bill was passed and signed by the President.
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