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DHS Monitors Social Media For 'Political Dissent'
OverTheGeicoE writes "Recently, TSA's 'Blogger Bob' Burns posted a rant against a cupcake on the TSA blog. Perhaps it made you wonder if TSA and its parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security, really understand what we're saying about them, especially online. Well, thanks to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit from the Electronic Privacy Information Center, we now know a lot more about how they monitor online comments aside from 'Blogger Bob.' EPIC has received hundreds of pages of documents regarding DHS's online surveillance program. These documents reveal that DHS has contracts with General Dynamics for '24/7 media and social network monitoring.' Perhaps it will warm your heart to know that DHS is particularly interested in tracking media stories that 'reflect adversely' on the U.S. government generally and DHS specifically. The documents include a report summary that might be representative of General Dynamics' work. The example includes summaries of comments on blogs and social networking sites, including quotes. Then again, you might remember J. Edgar Hoover's monitoring of antiwar activists during the Vietnam War, which certainly wasn't for the protesters' benefit."
Somebody please mod that up.
You could do that yourself if you made more worthwhile contributions and earned your own mod points. Otherwise stop wasting your and our time by thinking you'll sway our decision with posts like this.
Sincerely,
A. Mod
The government is NOT the STASI, does not want to be the STASI and does not possess the motivations you ascribe to them.
BULLSHIT!!!
The Police States of Amerika have more information about you than the STASI (or KBG) ever did. A larger percentage of the Police States of Amerika's population is jail than ever where in STASI and KGB heydays.
Please extract your head from your Republicantard rectum.
DHS does a freaking bang up job of keeping the nation safe against incredible threats
BULLSHIT!!!
There is no boogeyman AKA 'incredible threats'. This whole terrorism straw man is a creation of the Military-Industrial Complex to achieve massive $$$$$$ profit at the tax payer expense.
Please extract your head from your Republicantard rectum and don't believe all the bullcrap the talking heads owned by Military-Industrial Complex on the idiot tube feed your tiny, bible humping brain.