Makes me wonder if they are collecting data here on FR? I’d bet on it!
I think it’s safe to assume they at least have someone monitoring FR.
I’d bet on it too. They’d be foolish not to at least monitor the site as it is a window into mainstream conservative America.
On the Administration’s Willingness to Consider PATRIOT Act Reforms
WASHINGTON - September 15 - The Department of Justice has responded to a letter from U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Russ Feingold (D-WI), in which the Senators asked the Attorney General to consider bipartisan reforms to the USA PATRIOT Act that they have proposed, and which were supported by President Obama when he was in the Senate. In its response, the Department of Justice indicated willingness to consider reforms to the USA PATRIOT Act. Senators Feingold and Durbin, who plan to introduce legislation soon, released the following statement after receiving the response:
“We welcome the administration’s willingness to consider additional safeguards for surveillance powers that have been vastly expanded in recent years. Congress should revise the USA PATRIOT Act and related authorities to better protect the constitutional rights of American citizens, while preserving the powers of our government to fight terrorism. After the Inspector General reports documenting rampant misuse of National Security Letters, there can no longer be any doubt that granting overbroad authority leads to abuses. We must take this opportunity to get it right, once and for all. And we must be able to have a meaningful public debate so that the American people and their representatives in Congress can understand how these authorities have actually been used and make informed decisions about how they should be used in the future.”
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/09/15-5
THAT is a given.
Ever since I’ve been here which has been at least 10 years, you assume big brother is watching.
The best way to gauge it is if something is mentioned on FR and all of a sudden you see a response from the WH. Happened during Clinton and a couple of times with Zero.
no doubt about it!