FC: NPR's Larry Abramson on inconsistencies in Salon TIPS article

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Previous Politech message:

"Salon on TIPS informant program and America's Most Wanted"
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03861.html

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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

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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.
...

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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?




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