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During the Olympics, The Feds Will Be Reading Your Tweets – And the Blotter
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| 2/13/10
| JASON RYAN
Posted on 02/13/2010 8:31:29 PM PST by Nachum
As the winter Olympics begin, the Department of Homeland Security has disclosed that it will be monitoring the comments and posts on websites and social media like Twitter for information on possible terror threats. Among the sites listed in a privacy impact statement filed Friday afternoon by DHS are the Drudge Report, the Huffington Post, Twitter, Google and this web site, the Blotter.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dhs; feds; google; olympics; reading; socialmedia; socialnetworking; tweets; twitter
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posted on
02/13/2010 8:31:30 PM PST
by
Nachum
To: Nachum
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posted on
02/13/2010 8:34:52 PM PST
by
Cindy
To: Nachum
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posted on
02/13/2010 8:34:59 PM PST
by
BlessedBeGod
(New Wizard of Oz: Pelosi as the Wicked Witch of the West & Michelle as the Wicked Witch of the East.)
To: Nachum
stay away from the Olympics on any topic but feel good threads..
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posted on
02/13/2010 8:37:26 PM PST
by
gibtx2
(keep up the good work volunteer and replace a dem)
To: BlessedBeGod
The primary threat to the Olympics from FReepers is shoving a sock in Bob Costas's pie hole.
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posted on
02/13/2010 8:39:40 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(New Olympic tagline Shut up, Bob Costas. Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!)
To: Nachum
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posted on
02/13/2010 8:42:01 PM PST
by
Cindy
To: KarlInOhio
Like the real terrorists are going to tweet...
- “Ok, we’re going to start at 8pm at 12th and Maynord”
- “Hamid here, make sure Hassan is there”
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posted on
02/13/2010 8:43:10 PM PST
by
LibFreeUSA
(Show me what Obama brought that was new and there you will find things only blind and destructive.)
To: Cindy
Huh?
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posted on
02/13/2010 8:43:53 PM PST
by
RedMDer
(Recycle Congress in 2010, 2012...)
To: RedMDer
"I tawt I taw a tewwowist" -- Tweety Bird
Cheers!
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posted on
02/13/2010 8:53:06 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: grey_whiskers
"I tawt I taw a tewwowist" -- Tweety Bird Cheers!
You did, you did taw a tewwowist!
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posted on
02/13/2010 9:16:41 PM PST
by
RedMDer
(Recycle Congress in 2010, 2012...)
To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...
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posted on
02/13/2010 9:32:14 PM PST
by
Nachum
(The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: Cindy
"I don’t see youtube or facebook mentioned in that article."
Facebook is not on the list, because Homeland Security employees would be required to login there (re. earlier piece linked from Drudge).
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posted on
02/13/2010 10:34:19 PM PST
by
familyop
(cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-' 96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote.)
To: Nachum
One day we’ll probably discover the bad guys are all using Gopher(text-based, pre-web protocol) and the old ‘UUCP’ protocol for email. Nobody’s probably monitoring those old protocols because they’re not “hip and trendy”.
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posted on
02/14/2010 1:33:10 AM PST
by
The Duke
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