http://www.usdoj.gov/opcl/1974polobj.htm
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“White House Asks Citizens to Report “Fishy” Speech; Is It Legal?”
5 August 2009 @ 11:59PM
SNIPPET: “I’m no lawyer, but it sure sounds like the White House is violating the law by asking people to snitch on their friends and neighbors for engaging in “fishy” political speech. Anyone want to try this one in court?
In the meantime, I’m going to report myself. I’m obviously not thinking the way our Dear Leader wants...”
Note: Numerous hypertext links in this article.
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http://www.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=35838
“Soros Care”
By: Ben Johnson
FrontPageMagazine.com | Friday, August 07, 2009
ADDING to post no. 63:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=725_1249619889
“White House Keeping Names List- Gibbsy Gets Caught in a Whopper!!”
VIDEO DESCRIPTION - QUOTE:
White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs gets caught ina HUGE LIE today. After repeating over and over that the White House wasn’t keeping any names off their wierd email snitch initiative, a sharp reporter points out that THAT would be brealing the law...
Added: Aug 7 2009 In: leak
By: nysuperdoodle Premium
Tags: gibbs, obama, douglas, snitchgate, enemies list
ADDING to post no. 63:
“White House Move to Collect ‘Fishy’ Info May Be Illegal, Critics Say”
FOXNews.com
Friday, August 07, 2009
SNIPPET: “”The White House is in bit of a conundrum because of this privacy statute that prohibits the White House from collecting data and storing it on people who disagree with it,” Judge Andrew Napolitano, a FOX News analyst, said Friday.
“There’s also a statute that requires the White House to retain all communications that it receives. It can’t try to rewrite history by pretending it didn’t receive anything,” he said.
“If the White House deletes anything, it violates one statute. If the White House collects data on the free speech, it violates another statute.”
Napolitano was referring to the Privacy Act of 1974, which was passed after the Nixon administration used federal agencies to illegally investigate individuals for political purposes. Enacted after Richard Nixon’s resignation in the Watergate scandal, the statute generally prohibits any federal agency from maintaining records on individuals exercising their right to free speech.
The White House has been under fire since it posted a blog on Tuesday that asked supporters to e-mail any “fishy” information seen on the Web or received electronically to flag@whitehouse.gov.”