[PowerPro]

There can be no doubt that this administration seeks to silent dissent.

Freedom of speech means nothing to these thugs.

[mainerforglobalwarming]

I fear the worst from the socialists. They will not be happy until those that oppose them are put in gulags, personally destroyed. Those of us here at FR are certainly at the top of the list. Fortunately we’re smarter than they are. We can defeat these clowns by simply staying informed, and not letting our guard down.

[Albion Wilde]

More of the same...

[prairiebreeze]

I am unable to open your supporting link for this. Perhaps the site is being hammered??

I’d post it on Facebook but not without the original link. Will keep checking..

[McGruff]

Ok as long as it's not.

[Albion Wilde]

The contractor shall include in the information posted by non-EOP persons on publicly-accessible web sites where the EOP maintains a presence both comments posted on pages created by EOP and messages sent to EOP accounts on those web sites.

I believe this means they will archive the messages posted to White House accounts on social networking sites. This is approximately the same as saving a letter mailed to the White House, unless they plan to use data gathering to form remote access to your personal computer. So let's not panic.

When the Bush Administration wanted to analyze the pattern of call frequency to numbers in terrorist-sympathizing nations, the left went crazy thinking the WH would be "listening in" on private phone calls to people's doctors or phone sex line. That was not the case -- they wanted to look for spikes of activity to known terrorists outside the country, but once the hysteria took hold, there were ridiculous accusations of denied civil rights and trampling the Constitution, etc., based on ignorance.

So let's find out more about this. Reporters need to study this proposal and ask Gibbs a lot of detailed technical questions.

And some patriots need to submit proposals and try to get into the information loop.

[pabianice]

To be honest, if you are stupid enough to put your life on Facebook or whatever, you have only yourself to blame.

[webschooner]

Just sent it to Drudge

[tioga]

JimRob would never give me up, but dang, I am a friend of Sarah Palin’s on Facebook......I am doomed.

[Danae]

WHERE IS THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES??? Its like the third branch of government just disappeared.

[shankbear]

So he can know how many people play FarmTown?

[b4its2late]

[bamahead]

The targeted sites include Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube, Flickr and others – any space where the White House “maintains a presence.”



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[mentor2k]

PING for later read.

[444Flyer]

Speak of the devil...

I’ve been getting a lot of invites to “join” friends on these sites. NO.

[EdReform]

NLPC has uncovered a plan by the White House New Media operation to hire a technology vendor to conduct a massive, secret effort to harvest personal information on millions of Americans from social networking websites.

Harvest this:

FUBO

[CottShop]

How the HELL are they getting away with this crap? Cripes! WHERE are the GOP screaming about this?

[EdReform]

Ping!

[CSM]

I am not nervous at all. I’m already on all of their lists!

[OB1kNOb]

The contractor shall if possible, capture, store, extract to approved formats, and transfer content published by EOP on non-public websites. The contractor shall include in the information posted by non-EOP persons on publicly-accessible web sites where the EOP maintains a presence both comments posted on pages created by EOP and messages sent to EOP accounts on those web sites.

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I'm not interpreting this to mean they will capture and store all comments made by anyone about anything made on publically-accessible websites that the EOP has a presence on. I interpret this to mean they will capture and store comments made by non-EOP persons made directly to EOP created pages or sent to EOP accounts.

Before I get too chicken little here, where am I missing it where they'll be capturing and storing more than what is directed directly to the EOP?

Just seeking clarification. - OB1

[Munz]

Imagine if Bush had done this