The drug-trafficking suspect is among the first fugitives to have their names and mug shots on a digital billboard in the heart of Times Square. The FBI unveiled the wanted posters there yesterday, hoping to generate tips from tourists and others who flood the “crossroads of the world’’ each day.
Clear Channel Outdoors offered the space to the FBI after a pilot program in Philadelphia led to two arrests. Under the agreement with Clear Channel, the FBI has access to 430 other digital billboards in 33 cities.
Why does 1984 suddenly spring to mind?
