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Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Outrage! White House Seeks Domestic Spies
This is no joke. The White House is seeking a volunteer citizen spy corps to report to the Obama administration Internet based "disinformation" about "health care reform." In the White House's words: "Scary chain emails and videos are starting to percolate on the internet." Specifically the White House is requesting that you forward "fishy" emails (many of which will have a complete chain of personal email addresses) and web site links directly to the White House. Beyond the collecting of information, it is unclear what the White House plans to do with the names of those citizens turned in by their friends and neighbors.
From the official White House web site comes the following:
"There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. 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 White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to [email protected]."
What I am reporting is not a parody and not a joke. It is happening today, right here in America. Congressman Darrell Issa of California is concerned that the White House is engaging in official intimidation of Congressmen. Will the ordinary citizen be next?
Please circulate this information and the White House link widely. God help us all.
UPDATE: Today, August 5, 2009, Sen. John Coryn (R-Tx) wrote President Obama, urging him to cease this program immediately, and requesting that he "detail to Congress and the public the protocols your White House is following to purge the names, email addresses, IP addresses, and iden ies of citizens who are reported . . ." To read his letter, click here.
If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to [email protected]."
This is what bothers me the most. Any citizen who in their opinion feels that your viewpoint does not agree with the Obama Health care agenda or sounds "fishy" to them, are encouraged to send these comments and/or e-mail addresses to the White House?? This is fundamentally disturbing to me and akin to a violation of free speech.
Why do board conservatives care? Would you prefer that he just used the Patriot Act to get the CIA to spy on every email that went out about healthcare without anyone knowing?Heck, at least this way he's saving money.
Yo Uncle Sam, I ain't no SNITCH.
I can see it now. Another House Un-American Activities Committee, but instead of targeting communists, they will be targeting freedom loving Americans.
Ho hum. The WH will cull publically available criticism of a legislative priority, and presumably will respond to so-called disinformation. Announcing publically they are making a list was politically clunky, but in fact everyone keeps track of who their friends and enemies are. What's the big deal?
I hope your not getting on this forum while your doing your chair force duties, even if you are a comm weenie.Why do board conservatives care? Would you prefer that he just used the Patriot Act to get the CIA to spy on every email that went out about healthcare without anyone knowing?
e-brown shirts?
yeah, lngrrr. why should anyone care.
I'm spying on you guys right now.
I don't believe there's been one PROVEN case of Patriot Act abuse against a law-abiding citizen. The purpose of the Patriot Act was to track communications between people in the USA who were communicating with foreigners with known terrorist ties - BIG difference between that and this citizen spying program that Obama's thugs cooked up.Why do board conservatives care? Would you prefer that he just used the Patriot Act to get the CIA to spy on every email that went out about healthcare without anyone knowing?
How would you even know if you have been spied upon since the Patriot Act was passed?
Well let's see - I haven't been out of the country, don't even have a passport, don't make telephone calls to people on the terrorist watch list, I don't even know any people from the Middle East. So I could make a pretty educated guess that the government could care less about my activities.
And IF they have spied on me - I don't know it and it hasn't affected me in any way - so why should I be concerned?
So you wouldn't know at all.
OK.
They could just be saving up....And IF they have spied on me - I don't know it and it hasn't affected me in any way - so why should I be concerned?
I don't really like the way this was communicated, but you guys should still stop forwarding bull emails. Seriously.
as long as we don't spy on anti war protests or peace rallies we should be fine
who cares...this was such a brilliant move by the whitehouse.....nothing wrong with getting the truth out.
brought to you by the patriot act.
funny how you make speculation work for and against you. good job
Libs are funny. Y'all will defend anything the Messiah does.
I'm convinced he could kill a baby on primetime TV with a screwdriver, and you guys would still lap it up as hope and change.
If Bush did this you guys would be going nuts about it. Hypocrites.
I'm beginning to think the conservative posters suffer from amnesia. how can anyone who remained silent while bush took us on a liberation tour be so outraged and vociferous with a white house email? serious;y, we went to war over essentially nothing and the jacksommerset's are proclaiming obama is the biggest liar in his 37 yrs..you have wc in a her over the cash for clunkers program..
Spursmania......love your posters man.....Aggie that was funny and to true. Wow look what the smartest man to every sit in the whitehouse is bringing to us all. It's nice too see who the real liberals are and who the limp s with facist fantasies are.Y' all go get your little blue shirts on now....come on now you know the words....well the word. O..BA...MA.....O...BA...MA....O....BA....MA.
Hey precious... have you freshly pressed your little blue shirt? I bet you gotta a natty little blazer as well. I know it's just a kinda social club where you all get together and trade recepies, do arts and crafts and make lists..... all kinda lists....lists of people.... mean people people.....people that laugh at you....who laugh at your blue shirt.....people who don't like the president....people that say bad things.....people who think bad thing....lists of bad people.....
still stings that you guys lost doesn't it? this facist, american hating president gets your goose doesn't he?
Good now sit back ad enjoy the next 7.5 yrs..
I invited [email protected] to join my fantasy league.
Fingers crossed.
man put down the inflatable doll climb out of your mother's basement, and look up to see what's coming down I don't think ya'll go that long.still stings that you guys lost doesn't it? this facist, american hating president gets your goose doesn't he?
Good now sit back ad enjoy the next 7.5 yrs..
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