Of jeez. It’s called “intelligence gathering.” The CIA used to do the same thing back in the day when the media consisted of newspapers, magazines, movies, and books. I would hope to hell that our intelligence agencies are looking at publically produced material all day long... the only question I have is how they can find the time. But to see some sinister gathering of spies looking at tweets and Facebook is a reach.
I wouldn’t put it past Homeland Security to have a computer program which scans the vast volume of tweets, blogs and postings looking for some phrases or word combinations considered worrisome and idenifying the posters. Once identified, a simple file is maintained automatically until a defined critical mass or set of “magic words” raises a red flag for human examination. It just seems logical.
This is what "James Bond" really did for a living...
the infowarrior
Obama actually cares what the newspapers are saying about him? Maybe it’s just because he’s so vain, but most politicians couldn’t give a damn.