Obama W.H. collects web users' data (Big 'brother')

The Washington Times ^ | Wednesday, September 16, 2009 | Audrey Hudson

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

LOL, thanks for the laugh.

I just cannot fathom the arrogance of the left. That and yet another complete disregard for the Constitution...maybe they should read it.

[Rutles4Ever]

According to the story, it sounds like they’re collecting data from people who input comments, videos, etc., on the White House Facebook/Twitter/YouTube sites.

I mean, so what? I wouldn’t post anything on the White House’s FB page without assuming it could be archived by them. Am I missing something here?

[Cboldt]

-- I guess I don't like the fact that they're using tax payer money for political gain. --

I don't either, but no matter how it's sliced, it's not a privacy issue.

As for gathering evidence of public sentiment (e.g., commissioning polls, soliciting and accepting communications) and adjusting the message based on that self-gathered "feedback," that's a common taxpayer-funded practice.

That the WH knows I disagree with its policy preferences doesn't stifle my speech at all. Same with my sentiment toward Congress as an institution - IMO, Washington DC is infested with cockroaches who have vastly overstepped the boundaries set by the Constitution. As institutions, they are mostly (not entirely) illegitimate. Powerful, but without a proper foundation in "consent of the governed."

[Uncle Ike]

” the Constitution...maybe they should read it. “

Read it - didn’t like it - put it in the Yard Sale box...

[WayneS]

The White House is collecting and storing comments and videos placed on its social-networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube...

"...ITS social-networking sites..."??

This is stunning. I wonder if the Whitehouse owned/ran facebook, twitter and youtube when Bush was in office.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

Has anyone checked it lately....Obammy and Pelousy may have removed it from public display by now.

[WayneS]

Yup. They’ll most likely strike it down in much the same way they protected our 5th Amendment property rights with their Hartford vs. Kelo decision.

[cookcounty]

I sent an email to the White House and ended up on the barackobama.com email list.

How did that happen?

[cookcounty]

"Time for people to learn how to use anonymous proxy servers and email services."

Which can also be used by our side to track the ways in which the WH is sharing addresses with political organizations. ...which they are doing.

[Clump]

I called my Congressman about this program two weeks ago. I encouraged him to get in someones face about it.

[WayneS]

I’ve got about 25 copies of it at my house and I’m about to order more.

I pass them out a TEA Parties. Many who attend TEA Parties already have their own, but a surprising number do not.

I’m not giving away my leather-bound editions though!

PS - I actually DO check a random copy from each shipment to make sure nothing’s been changed. I guess that makes me a paranoid wacko.

[dynachrome]

Hey, O-bozo!

Archive this:

F U B O

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

"PS - I actually DO check a random copy from each shipment to make sure nothing’s been changed. I guess that makes me a paranoid wacko."

With 0 in office, you are not paranoid or wacko.

[LizardQueen]

I’m actually closer to being a libertarian, which is better received than being a conservative up here. For some reason people here will actually listen to you if you present yourself as that rather than as a conservative or (worse) a Republican.

But no, it’s not easy here at Moonbat Central. I was at the 9/12 Tea Party, march, and sign wave in Montpelier this weekend and we had moonbats trying to argue with us and videotaping it (one guy said he was going to put it up on DailyKos) and also were taking a lot of abuse from passersby as we marched.

There is some hope out away from the “cities” (Burlington and Montpelier) but frankly I’d rather move to New Hampshire (but hubby, a native, won’t go).

LQ

[Paradox]

Which can also be used by our side to track the ways in which the WH is sharing addresses with political organizations. ...which they are doing.

Thats a great idea, perhaps time to form a Freeper CyberEspionage group..

[NotSoModerate]

Check out the WH New media team. That’s who is running this contract. They are not archivists. They are political operatives with deep ties to Soros/Moveon.

It’s one thing to tailor a message based on public sentiment. It’s another thing to use tax payer dollars to accumulate data that is passed on to political operatives in order to silence the opposition.

And that is what I think is going on here. Let me give you some details not reported:

This program will be done off site (not using government databases etc.) and the WH is asking for AT LEAST 10 login accounts to be able to simultaneously add web sites to the crawler program. The WH new media team will then take the off site data, comb through it and pick out what will go into NARA. No mention of what will be done with the other data not being placed in NARA.

Since this is offsite, there is potential for anyone to get access to this information without it being documented. If this information was onsite then anyone accessing the information would be legally documented as doing so. This is a recipe for disaster.

Using tax money this way is unacceptable.

[madison10]

Same here.

[sunny48]

Information Czar: Vivek Kundra- born in New Delhi , India . Controls all public information, including labels and news releases. Monitors all private Internet emails. here is a snapshot of the hateful monsters that the community organizer in chief gets his advice from and who`s who currently running our Great US Government and not one elected or passed thru the Senate or House. Now that we know who they are, why has the media not let us know about them. Personally, I don't think I am going to feel "warm and fuzzy", but I don't know why. See if you feel "safer" now? Afghanistan Czar: Richard Holbrooke- Ultra liberal anti gun former Gov.of New Mexico. Pro Abortion and legal drug use. AIDS Czar: Jeffrey Crowley Homosexual. A Gay Rights activist. Believes in Gay Marriage and Special Status, including free health care for gays. Auto recovery Czar: Ed Montgomery- Black radical anti business activist. Affirmative Action and Job Preference for blacks. Univ of Maryland Business School Dean teaches US business has caused world poverty. ACORN board member. Communist DuBois Club member. Border Czar: Alan Bersin- former failed superintendent of San Diego. Ultra Liberal friend of Hilary Clinton. Served as Border Czar under Janet Reno – to keep borders open to illegals California Water Czar: David J. Hayes Sr. Fellow of radical environmentalist group, “Progress Policy”. No training or experience in water management. Car Czar: Ron Bloom- Auto Union worker. Anti business & anti nuclear. Has worked hard to force US auto makers out of business. Sits on the Board of Chrysler which is now Auto Union owned. How did this happen? Central Region Czar: Dennis Ross- Believes US policy has caused Mid East wars. Obama apologist to the world. Anti gun and pro abortion. Domestic Violence Czar: Lynn Rosenthal- Director of the National Network to End Domestic Violence. Vicious anti male feminist. Supported male castration. Drug Czar: Gil Kerlikowske- devoted lobbyist for every restrictive gun law proposal, Former Chief of Police in Liberal Seattle. Believes no American should own a firearm. Supports legalization of drugs. Economic Czar: Paul Volcker -Head of Fed Reserve under Jimmy Carter when US economy nearly failed. Obama appointed head of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board which engineered the Obama economic disaster to US economy. Member of anti business “Progressive Policy” organization. Energy and Environment Czar: Carol Brower- Political Radical -Former head of EPA -- known for anti-business activism. Strong anti-gun ownership. Faith-Based Czar: Joshua DuBois Political Black activist-Degree in Black Nationalism. Anti gun ownership lobyist. Great Lakes Czar: Cameron Davis- Chicago radical anti business environmentalist. Blames George Bush for “Poisoning the water that minorities have to drink.” N o experience or training in water management. Former ACORN Board member Green Jobs Czar: Van Jones- (since resigned). Black activist Member of American communist Party and San Francisco Communist Party who said Geo Bush caused the 911 attack and wanted Bush investigated by the World Court for war crimes. Black activist with strong anti-white views. Guantanamo Closure Czar: Daniel Fried –Rights activist for Foreign Terrorists. Believes America has caused the war on terrorism. Health Czar: Nancy-Ann DeParle. Former head of Medicare / Medicaid. Strong Health Care Rationing proponent. She is married to a reporter for The New York Times . International Climate Czar: Todd Stern- Anti business former White House chief of Staff- Strong supportrer of the Kyoto Accord. Pushing hard for Cap and Trade. Blames US business for Global warming. Intelligence Czar: Dennis Blair- Ret Navy. Stopped US guided missile program as “provocative”. Chair of ultra liberal “Council on Foreign Relations” which blames American organizations for regional wars. Mideast Peace Czar: George Mitchell Fmr. Sen from Maine- Left wing radical. Has said Israel should be split up into “2 or 3 “ smaller more manageable plots”. Anti-nuclear anti-gun & pro homosexual. Pay Czar: Kenneth Feinberg- Chief of Staff to TED KENNEDY. Lawyer who got rich off the 911 victims payoffs. Regulatory Czar: Cass Sunstein- Liberal activist judge-believes free speech needs to be limited for the “common good”. Rules against personal freedoms many times –like private gun ownership. Science Czar: John Holdren- Fierce ideological environmentalist, Sierra Club, Anti business activist. Claims US business has caused world pover ty. No Science training. Stimulus Accountability Czar: Earl Devaney- spent career trying to take guns away from American citizens. Believes in Open Borders to Mexico. Author of statement blaming US gun stores for drug war in Mexico. Sudan Czar: J. Scott Gration- Native of Democratic Republic of Congo . Believes US does little to help Third World countries. Council of foreign relations, asking for higher US taxes to support United Nations. TARP Czar: Herb Allison- Fannie May CEO responsible for the US recession by using real estate mortgages to back up the US stock market. Caused millions of people to lose their life savings. < B>Terrorism Czar: John Brennan- Anti CIA activist. No training in diplomatic or gov. affairs. Believes Open Borders to Mexico and a dialog with terrorists and has suggested Obama disband US military. Technology Czar: Aneesh Chopra- No Technology training. Worked for the Advisory Board Company, a health care think tank for hospitals. Anti doctor activist. Supports Obama Health care Rationing and salaried doctors working exclusively for the Gov. health care plan. Urban Affairs Czar: Adolfo Carrion Jr.- Puerto Rican. Anti American activist and leftist group member in Latin America. Millionaire “slum lord” of the Bronx, NY. Owns many lavish homes and condos which he got from “sweetheart” deals with labor unions. Wants higher taxes to pay for minority housing and health care. Weapons Czar: Ashton Carter- Leftist. Wants all private weapons in US destroyed. Supports UN ban on firearms ownership in America. No Other “policy” WMD Policy Czar: Gary Samore- Former US Communist. Wants US to destroy all WMD unilaterally as a show of good faith. Has no other “policy”

[sunny48]

WOW, what a mess!!! There were paragraphs when I copy and pasted. I can’t even read that.

[GOPJ]

Don't care what they're doing. Most of us here react to intimidation very badly - we get MORE outspoken.