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

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Thu Aug 08 2002 - 21:04:06 PDT

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From: Larry Abramson <LAbramsonat_private>
To: "'declanat_private'" <declanat_private>
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)
labramsonat_private

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From: "ßobÇat"
To: <declanat_private>
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.
...

<><><>

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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