FOIA Doc: 'Homeland' Monitors DRUDGE REPORT...

1 posted on 03/13/2014 2:14:38 PM PDT by kcvl

It’s unclear exactly why, but the Department of Homeland has been operating a “Social Networking/Media Capability” program to monitor the top blogs, forums and social networks online for at least the past 18 months. Based on a privacy compliance review from last November recently obtained by Reuters, the purpose of the project is to “collect information used in providing situational awareness and establishing a common operating picture.” Whatever that means. Either way, the list of sites reported by Reuters reveals in a Wednesday afternoon exclusive is pretty intriguing:

Social Networks
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Myspace

Blogs
• The Drudge Report
• The Huffington Post
• The New York Times’s Lede blog
• Wired’s Threat Level
• Wired’s Danger Room
• ABC News’ investigative blog The Blotter
• “blogs that cover bird flu … news and activity along U.S. borders … drug trafficking and cybercrime”

Multimedia
• Hulu
• YouTube
• Flickr

In conclusion, the Department of Homeland Security is just like you. We’ve seen no reports of The Atlantic Wire being on the list. But if we are, hello Department of Homeland Security employees — thanks for reading!

http://www.thewire.com/technology/2012/01/homeland-security-monitoring-drudge-report-new-york-times/47300/

2 posted on 03/13/2014 2:15:54 PM PDT by kcvl

A non-story. It is intuitive government gets news from news sources. This predates 19 April 1775. Social media? Of course. It would be news if government didn’t monitor them.

3 posted on 03/13/2014 2:21:46 PM PDT by Salvavida (The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)

Thank God FR is safe!

4 posted on 03/13/2014 2:24:30 PM PDT by null and void ( Obama is Law-Less because Republican "leaders" are BALL-LESS!!)

Thanks. That’s a nice shirt you’re wearing, BTW.

5 posted on 03/13/2014 2:24:35 PM PDT by dagogo redux

WOW, MySpace still exists!

6 posted on 03/13/2014 2:29:26 PM PDT by 12th_Monkey (One man one vote is a big fail, when the "one" man is an idiot.)

To: null and void

It’s safe for now, but watch what you say or the brown shirts will get you.

7 posted on 03/13/2014 2:29:31 PM PDT by Vinylly

To: dagogo redux

You had an expectation that no one in the government would read/monitor the news? Really?

What part of the Constitution prohibits the government from reading the paper?

8 posted on 03/13/2014 2:30:16 PM PDT by Salvavida (The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)

9 posted on 03/13/2014 2:34:48 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper

Heck, I do that..........free..........

10 posted on 03/13/2014 2:38:57 PM PDT by Red Badger (LIberal is an oxymoron......................)

11 posted on 03/13/2014 2:40:23 PM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)

To: dagogo redux

Thanks but I’m not wearing a shirt
That’s hair

12 posted on 03/13/2014 2:48:22 PM PDT by hans56 ( Audit the FED)

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