It looks like the FBI has gone digital. Soon, our national investigative body will be using Clear Channel billboards to show real-time updates of fugitives, national security alerts and recent crimes. For any arm chair vigilantes out there this will be a much easier way to look for trouble than scouring the police bands.

Why would the FBI air its laundry for the world to see? Well, it is a great way to solicit tips from concerned citizens. Not only that, but billboards are a fantastic way to disseminate information. Even though I bet most of that information will be completely irrelevant to the average motorist.

That brings up the question, how long will it be until the public at large becomes desensitized to this new, Orwellian addition to its highways and byways?

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