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John Cornyn Takes on Obama’s flag@whitehouse.gov Program, But Wait! There’s More with the NTIA
Red State ^ | Wednesday, August 5th at 3:08PM EDT | Erick Erickson

Posted on 08/05/2009 1:20:19 PM PDT by fiodora

The Weekly Standard noted Senator John Cornyn sent a letter to Barack Obama asking him to intervene in the flag@whitehouse.gov matter.

Senator Cornyn notes

I am not aware of any precedent for a President asking American citizens to report their fellow citizens to the White House for pure political speech that is deemed ‘fishy’ or otherwise inimical to the White House’s political interests,” Sen. Cornyn wrote. “You should not be surprised that these actions taken by your White House staff raise the specter of a data collection program. As Congress debates health care reform and other critical policy matters, citizen engagement must not be chilled by fear of government monitoring the exercise of free speech rights.

You can see a PDF of the letter here.

But wait . . . there’s more. Imagine, if you would, cross referencing those forwarded emails to the White House with another database the Obama Administration has ordered set up.

Congress adopted the Broadband Data Improvement Act in 2008 to compile of map of the nation showing which areas have broadband and which do not. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is getting the information, but the Obama Administration has decided to use the NTIA to get more than the law requires.

Beyond the general data on which parts of the nation have high speed internet access and is it cable or DSL, Obama wants to know down to the individual what the individual has and how much the individual pays. Specifically, the NTIA is now requiring internet provides to give the government “average revenue per end user and data regarding type, technical specification or location of broadband infrastructure,” i.e. your home address, IP address, how much you pay, and where the connection is at your house.

The law does not require it. Congress does not want it. The NTIA admits the information will not be used to compile the map of national broadband, but Barack Obama still wants it.

We have a White House asking neighbors to turn in neighbors by forwarding emails — some of which will contain IP address information. And we have the White House demanding internet providers provide them with the home addresses corresponding to those IP addresses. Lastly, we have a White House that has thus far been extremely opaque despite pledges of transparency and a White House that has not hesitated to use private citizens information when it benefits them.

Be worried.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: acorn; agenda; beworried; bhofascism; brownshirts; democrats; flag; informants; lping; obamacare; snitches
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1 posted on 08/05/2009 1:20:19 PM PDT by fiodora
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To: fiodora

Just sign up flag@whitehouse.org for all kinds of spam mail and the daily updates from Newsmax, WND, etc.


2 posted on 08/05/2009 1:22:30 PM PDT by MissesBush
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To: fiodora
Yikes!

Let's get this 'qualification for the office' thing squared away pronto so we can remove this thug from office!

3 posted on 08/05/2009 1:23:45 PM PDT by the anti-liberal
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To: MissesBush

China is doing the beta testing on internet censorship.
The Baraqqis will import it from them when it’s ready to go.

We thought Hillary was a tough customer with the FBI files.
The Baraqqis are going to have deep packet info on everybody.


4 posted on 08/05/2009 1:26:26 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: MissesBush; All

Warning! Warning! Warning!

Tampering with a government collection system could get you into trouble. Posting here items to interfere with the government collection of data here, under your screen name, does not protect you.

They will report you. They will approach FR to divulge your information.

Regarding salty talk aimed at the president (or other officials) vs visits from the SS
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200093/posts


5 posted on 08/05/2009 1:30:26 PM PDT by EBH (it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new Government)
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To: fiodora

I just sent them an email detailing the history of citizen informants.


6 posted on 08/05/2009 1:31:39 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: MarMema

Send them this:

5 U.S.C. § 552a, United States agencies, including the Executive Office of the President shall, “maintain no record describing how any individual exercises rights guaranteed by the First Amendment unless expressly authorized by statute or by the individual about whom the record is maintained or unless pertinent to and within the scope of an authorized law enforcement activity.”


7 posted on 08/05/2009 1:32:43 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Palin shrugged.)
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To: EBH
One thing we know for sure. State-run media will not ever report on this story. It is an infringement on every Americans right. However, the Government run media is only concerned about rights when the are allegedly stepped on by GW Bush, and Dick Cheney. Hussein Obama gets a free pass again!
8 posted on 08/05/2009 1:34:26 PM PDT by Mr. Wright
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To: EBH

Are YOU afraid of the SS?


9 posted on 08/05/2009 1:34:57 PM PDT by Marty62
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To: Marty62

I suggest we all develop a file on all the filth and lies that were disseminated by the MSM, DU, Koskids, and the DNC as well as sundry talking heads, against Bush and Repubs. then when the SS shows up at your door say...THEM FIRST!!!!


10 posted on 08/05/2009 1:37:24 PM PDT by Marty62
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Ok I sent it. But I also just spoke with my husband and maybe it is time to consider a move to another safer place to live.


11 posted on 08/05/2009 1:38:07 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: fiodora
A PDF of Sen Cornyn's letter is here.

I have it on good authority that flag@whitehouse.com has been signed up for hundreds of wonderful offers of all types.

12 posted on 08/05/2009 1:39:10 PM PDT by upchuck (Psalm 109:8 ~ Let his days be few; and let another take his office.)
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To: upchuck

Thank you for making me laugh!


13 posted on 08/05/2009 1:40:22 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: MarMema

I just fed it to Cornyn via his senate.gov website form.


14 posted on 08/05/2009 1:40:39 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Palin shrugged.)
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To: MissesBush

>> Just sign up flag@whitehouse.org for all kinds of spam mail and the daily updates from Newsmax, WND, etc <<

Better still, let’s have every conservtive, every libertarian and every privacy-loving moderate flood this address with Emails to confess that, Yes, we oppose Big Ø’s health takeover plan. Ten or twenty million Emails should get their attention!


15 posted on 08/05/2009 1:41:12 PM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: Bulldog21

fyi


16 posted on 08/05/2009 1:41:15 PM PDT by Blogger
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To: MarMema

And we’re supposed to cooperate when Acorn darkens our doors to do the census?


17 posted on 08/05/2009 1:41:28 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Obama's Health Care Plan Puts the "you" in euthanasia.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

5 U.S.C. § 552a,
Ok, I’m ignorant... what is that?


18 posted on 08/05/2009 1:42:43 PM PDT by VaRepublican (I would propagate taglines but I don't know how.)
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To: fiodora
Chicago's Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals (Barack Obama's bible).

http://www.amazon.com

Everyone, this is another tactic from Barack Obama's radical handbook.

19 posted on 08/05/2009 1:43:00 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Obama's Health Care Plan Puts the "you" in euthanasia.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
Send them this:

5 U.S.C. § 552a, United States agencies, including the Executive Office of the President shall, “maintain no record describing how any individual exercises rights guaranteed by the First Amendment unless expressly authorized by statute or by the individual about whom the record is maintained or unless pertinent to and within the scope of an authorized law enforcement activity.”

Have no fear, the ACLU should rise up at any moment to be the vanguard against such a violation of the 1st and 4th Amendments.

Yup, any minute now...

Any ol' time...

20 posted on 08/05/2009 1:47:19 PM PDT by rjsimmon (1-20-2013 The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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