...like a Good Bad Neighbor, Big Brother is There

The full scale of Bush’s assault on our civil liberties may not be known until years after he’s left office. At the moment, all we can do is get glimpses here or there of what’s going on.
Colorado is one among of handful of states (including Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Washington, D.C.) where hundreds of firefighters, paramedics, police, and even corporate employees are being trained to hunt down and report a broadly defined range of “suspicious activities.” They’re called Terrorism Liaison Officers. The federally supported initiative trains them to look out for “observed behavior that may be indicative of intelligence-gathering or pre-operational planning related to terrorism.”
more HERE
Democracy Now! interview w/podcast, etc. HERE