Posted on 08/07/2009 2:14:05 PM PDT by MissesBush
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."
Napolitano was referring to the Privacy Act of 1974,
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If not directly illegal, it should be. This kind of carp belongs at the DNC paid for by George Soros, not in the People’s House paid for by the taxpayer.
I think every one of us should respond to every Nigerian Scam and penis enlargement spam email with one simple email address.....Guess what email address that might be?
Richard Nixon: “If the President orders it, it’s not illegal.”
Deleting the data would be not only violating a law about retention, but it would be destroying evidence for the crime of collecting the information in the first place.
If the White House wants to stop violating the law, they must invalidate flag@whitehouse.gov and start bouncing snitching email that is sent to them.
Otherwise, it's time to start arresting people to make the point.
Recall that Sarah Palin’s private e-mail account was hacked & that she is still being harassed with trumped-up charges (unsubstantiated in any way) for using her personal email for state business.
The ACLU said in a statement to FOXNews.com that the White House blog is a “bad idea that could send a troublesome message.”
From the ACLU! Must be an impeachable offense.
Lesson: STOP and think hard before executing Step #1.
In this case, the White Crib is (Step #1) gathering data on people who may be considered political enemies of the Administration, then (Step #2) not allowed to purge the data which preserves the Administration's enemies list.
Lesson: STOP and think hard before executing Step #1.
Who said Obama ordered it? There will be no paper trail leading back to him...Typical tyrant Modus Operandi, leave no evidence that you knew about it.
Why can’t Obama be impeached?
Of course it’s illegal. When did that stop the Thug in the White House?
Please tell me this is fantasy!
My mother has been making noise about the Cash for Clunkers clunker. Can I report her on this?
I hate Illinois Nazis...
We should start filing Freedom of Information Act requests.
The videos were accessible the other day at whitehouse.gov, but they appear to have been taken down. Have they done away with their snitch program?
Wait until the middle or the end of August. Then file the request for all electronic communications to and from the account 'flag@whitehouse.gov' . That will give you a good level of traffic to see what's going on.
- Traveler
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