Friday, November 30, 2007

Firefighters as spies

Oh wait, the U.S.A. might get back the Clown Country of the Month title after all.

Discontent. Ha. A child of two feels discontent with America today:

It was revealed last week that firefighters are being trained to not only keep an eye out for illegal materials in the course of their duties, but even to report back any expression of discontent with the government.

A year ago, Homeland Security gave security clearances to nine New York City fire chiefs and began sharing intelligence with them. Even before that, fire department personnel were being taught "to identify material or behavior that may indicate terrorist activities" and were also "told to be alert for a person who is hostile, uncooperative or expressing hate or discontent with the United States."


Read more here.

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