Getting Nervous Yet?
Posted By Ardellis on October 5, 2006
From the NYT: Software Being Developed to Monitor Opinions of U.S.
A consortium of major universities, using Homeland Security Department money, is developing software that would let the government monitor negative opinions of the United States or its leaders in newspapers and other publications overseas.
Yes, I know it’s illegal to do the same thing in the States, but since when has illegality ever stopped the Bush aministration from doing something? You know, like wiretapping without a warrant or detaining people without charge? (Oh, sorry, that second one is legal now, isn’t it?) And if they can monitor newspaper articles, how long before they’re monitoring blog entries?
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