White House Move to Collect 'Fishy' Info May Be Illegal, Critics Say

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[Typical_Whitey]

The White House strategy of turning supporters into snitches when they see "fishy" information about the health care debate may run afoul of the law, legal experts say. "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."

[KTM rider]

"The ACLU said in a statement to FOXNews.com that the White House blog is a "bad idea that could send a troublesome message."

But the organization added, "While it is unclear at this point what the government is doing with the information it is collecting, critics of the administration's health care proposal should not fear that their names will end up in some government database that could be used to chill their right to free speech."

Do not fear, the American Communist Liberal Union is here !

[charmedone]

“I think they always knew this would be illegal.”

He is a Constitutional Law expert (according to him). Do you think he should know this little fact.

He brags up on his educational history. Have you (or anyone) ever heard someone admit to being a classmate IN ANY SCHOOL?

To be Law Review editor you must have published a peer reviewed paper that was published (at least in my LS). How about his High School chums, eh?

He purports to be a Constitutional expert, yet his knowledge of Constitutional issues is clearly weak. Additionally many of his actions go directly against the Constitution. Apparently he has the congress and others so cowed they are scared to death to challenge him. The snitch line is clearly illegal/unconstitutional.

He refuses to release ANY school records, health records, birth records or any other documents which would serve to validate his history.

He is never known to hold a paying job.

Has he ever registered for the draft?

How did he come from such modest beginnings and manage to get to Chicago and buy a Hi $ mansion?

I maintain he is a manufactured person, a fraud, a phony, a liar and a cheat!

[publana]

looneytunes registration emails sound appropriate.

[Sprite518]

The majority of the lap dog and compliant media and press will not even mention it. Now you know they really do not have an issue with this unless its a Republican doing it.

[C210N]

There is a lot of disinformation about Presidential Eligibility out there, spanning from control of Birth Certificates and COLBs to age of mother and non-citizenship of father. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the Whitey House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about Presidential Eligibility that seems fishy, send it to flag@whiteyhouse.gov.

[Jeff Head]

"Fishy" artwork showing up all over the nation.

Barrack Hussein Obama's Whitehouse request to turn anyone in to the Whitehouse web site who is overheard speaking ill or "fishy" of the Obama Health Care plan has called up into many people's minds the abject sensorship of past totalitarian regimes. Many people have written in to the President or their representatives with direct messages regarding this.

MY LETTER TO THE WHITEHOUSE AND PRESIDENT OBAMA REGARDING FREE SPEECH

Others have created artwork conveying the comparisons to past regimes, and the seriousness of the matter:

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Aside from the legalistic arguments (based largely only case-law), the spirit of the US Constitution is to allow the people to live with a sense and feeling of freedom as long as they are obeying the law.

Who feels free knowing that someone is watching them and reporting back to the government what they say and do and with whom the associate?

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

[prisoner6]

I turned myself in ending the message with...

"Come and get me commies!"

This should end well...

prisoner6

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

[skeeter]

So? Laws protecting individual rights are among the first items the Obammunists “hope” to “change”.

[KTM rider]

positons are currently open for Us Army Civilian Internment Camp Specialist

[ConservativeMind]

ROTFL!

[Chgogal]

Obama, et. al. are fascist STASI Pigs. There I said it.

[KTM rider]

positons are currently open for Us Army Civilian Internment Camp Specialist

[RandallFlagg]

[timestax]

bttt

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

Everyone reading this go to google and simply type IMPEACH OBAMA.

It looks like impeach0bama.org was SUSPENDED... taken down

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Back to this article... I read some where that the flag@whitehouse.gov was one of 0bama's czars doing. Is 0bama's czar exempt from following federal law?

[LibertyRocks]

That’s what immediately came to mind. I’ve been offline for several months so I’m still catching up on what’s going on, but...

Every FReeper and Conservative who sent emails to that address has (or should have) a copy of the email in their “Sent” folder in their mail program. Anyone who sent an email either protesting the FLAG program, or the Healthcare program itself to that address should start printing out their sent emails.

If Sen. Conryn(sp?) or whoever, is going to start the ball rolling it would be a good idea to contact their office and let them know we have copies of the sent emails. Of course, I don’t expect Obama’s supporters to do this, but if they have deleted the emails we have proof they’ve been sent (at least “half” of them) which should provide enough doubt in the minds of judges/Congress as to the story they will be told about the deletion of files.

If the Flag@whitehouse.gov email addy is still operational it may be a good idea as you suggested to send copies of this article along with our opinions/suggestions AND a “warning” that we have the “sent” files in our possession and will be more than happy to provide them should such a time come... [I would also suggest downloading the sent file to a CD/DVD and/or flash drive — you never know...]

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

A teacher asked her 6th grade class how many of them were Obama fans. Not really knowing what an Obama fan is, but wanting to be liked by the teacher, all the kids raised their hands except for little Johnny.

The teacher asked Little Johnny why he has decided to be different.

Little Johnny said, ‘Because I’m not an Obama fan.’

The teacher asked, ‘Why aren’t you an Obama fan?’

Johnny said, ‘Because I’m a Republican.’

The teacher asked him why he’s a Republican.

Little Johnny answered, ‘Well, my Mom’s a Republican and my Dad’s a Republican, so I’m a Republican.’

Annoyed by this answer, the teacher asked, ‘If your mom was a moron and your dad was an idiot, what would that make you?’

With a big smile, Little Johnny replied, ‘That would make me an Obama fan.