Arizona's Phoenix New Times (7/12, Dickerson) writes, "According to a local source and Department of Justice documents now available online, counter-terrorism officials are training civilians to keep an eye on you. And few states are training Big Brother's informants faster than Arizona. These unpaid spies are called TLOs (Terrorism Liaison Officers). They're taught to report anything from a suspicious tourist videorecording a bridge to the theft of potential bomb-making materials. Even suspicious note-taking warrants their scrutiny. Most TLOs already work as firefighters or federal employees, though our state Department of Homeland Security source says some civilians have joined rank in the Phoenix area. Though the fact that TLOs are so prominently in our midst was news to us, the program has been in progress long enough here to train 250 of the government snoops. This according to our source, a TLO himself." (DHS News Briefing, Bulletin News, July 12, 2008)