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Homeland Security Given Green Light to Monitor American Journalists
The Blaze ^ | January 9, 2012 | Tiffany Gabbay

Posted on 01/14/2012 5:00:08 PM PST by Fitzy_888

Under the National Operations Center (NOC)’s Media Monitoring Initiative that emerged from the Department of Homeland Security in November, Washington has written permission to collect and retain personal information from journalists, news anchors, reporters or anyone who uses “traditional and/or social media in real time to keep their audience situationally aware and informed.”

According to DHS, the definition of personal identifiable information can consist of any intellect “that permits the identity of an individual to be directly or indirectly inferred, including any information which is linked or linkable to that individual.”

RT adds:

"Previously established guidelines within the administration say that data could only be collected under authorization set forth by written code, but the new provisions in the NOC’s write-up means that any reporter, whether someone along the lines of Walter Cronkite or a budding blogger, can be victimized by the agency."

"Also included in the roster of those subjected to the spying are government officials, domestic or not, who make public statements, private sector employees that do the same and “persons known to have been involved in major crimes of Homeland Security interest,” which to itself opens up the possibilities even wider."

"The department says that they will only scour publically-made info available while retaining data, but it doesn’t help but raise suspicion as to why the government is going out of their way to spend time, money and resources on watching over those that helped bring news to the masses."

According to RT, the website “Fast Company” reports that the NOC Monitoring Initiative has been in play since at least early-2010 and that the data is being shared with both private sector businesses and international third parties.


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They must be going after MSNBC'ers for prevoking Occupiers. /sarc
1 posted on 01/14/2012 5:00:18 PM PST by Fitzy_888
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To: Fitzy_888

It’s kind of like Nixon’s “enemies list”, but this time it’s a good thing, because Democrats are doing it.


2 posted on 01/14/2012 5:04:32 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Nothing will change until after the war.)
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To: Fitzy_888

Heil, Soros!


3 posted on 01/14/2012 5:05:32 PM PST by bgill (The Obama administration is staging a coup. Wake up, America, before it's too late.)
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To: Fitzy_888

Homeland Security has nothing to do with homeland security. They’ve drawn a bead on the homeland. WE THE PEOPLE are in their sights now.


4 posted on 01/14/2012 5:10:26 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("Climate Change" my a.... All weather is local.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
And no one thought that DHS would ever be more of a problem than the Islamist enemy? Who guards us from the guardians?
5 posted on 01/14/2012 5:16:58 PM PST by MasterGunner01 (11)
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To: Fitzy_888

The bigger problem is that I don’t see Romney reversing this at all.


6 posted on 01/14/2012 5:19:20 PM PST by MetaThought
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To: Fitzy_888

Like any list, there are exemptions for those who have taken the Obama Loyalty Oath:

CNN-Obama
ABC/Disney-Obama
NBC-Obama
MSNBC-Obama
CBS-Obama
NPR-Obama
NYT-Obama
LAT-Obama
WaPo-Obama
AP-Obama
Daily Kos-Obama
Huffington-Obama
Politico-Obama

See the pattern?


7 posted on 01/14/2012 5:19:34 PM PST by Old Sarge (RIP FReeper Skyraider (1930-2011) - You Are Missed)
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To: Fitzy_888

Oh come on.

Everyone knows that if you’ve done nothing right you have nothing to hide.


8 posted on 01/14/2012 5:24:03 PM PST by MWS
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To: Old Sarge

See the pattern?

Right an administrative waiver.
Or is that a dispensation, I get confused.


9 posted on 01/14/2012 5:26:38 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

NDAA gives additional funding to TSA to expand security checks of the public beyond airports


10 posted on 01/14/2012 5:28:31 PM PST by opentalk
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To: FlingWingFlyer
Could this be the "domestic security force, as well armed and well trained as the military" which Zer0 referenced at the beginning of his term?

....we are in for an exciting 11 months until the elections.

....keep your powder dry...

11 posted on 01/14/2012 5:30:49 PM PST by B.O. Plenty (Elections have consequences....)
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To: Fitzy_888

Protecting thier own propaganda machine


12 posted on 01/14/2012 5:32:26 PM PST by ronnie raygun (V)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Folks I don’t much care for this.

Everyday-——every stinking day, it’s something from these people.

Too far.

Time for a line in the sand.


13 posted on 01/14/2012 5:33:22 PM PST by Steve Newton
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To: Old Sarge

Yeah

And by the way, hope your doing well Sarge.


14 posted on 01/14/2012 5:34:30 PM PST by Steve Newton
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To: MWS
Everyone knows that if you’ve done nothing right you have nothing to hide.

LOL!, Excellent!

15 posted on 01/14/2012 5:35:20 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it. (plagiarized))
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To: Fitzy_888
Yeah, THANKS Jorge W. A**hole for creating this DHS-fascist police state, and their TSA sockpuppets. DHS, the 'Patriot Act', TSA, all of that garbage was nothing but a loaded gun aimed at WE THE PEOPLE and Jorge never worried about handing that gun to the Kenyan Kid.

THANKS Jorge, thanks one f**k of a lot.
16 posted on 01/14/2012 5:35:51 PM PST by mkjessup (Jimmy Carter is the Skidmark in the panties of American history, 0bama is the yellow stain in front.)
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To: MetaThought
The bigger problem is that I don’t see Romney reversing this at all.

That is your biggest problem?

17 posted on 01/14/2012 5:48:32 PM PST by oldbrowser (They are Marxists, don't call them democrats)
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To: Fitzy_888

In other words Big Brother is watching you.


18 posted on 01/14/2012 5:48:45 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: oldbrowser

Not sure I understand your question. Not only is Obama making things worse, but I don’t see the next president undoing any of this damage at all.


19 posted on 01/14/2012 5:52:12 PM PST by MetaThought
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To: mkjessup

I reckon you do not miss him yet.

Can’t say I blame you.


20 posted on 01/14/2012 5:53:48 PM PST by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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