Documents obtained as the result of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit prove Janet Napolitano’s Department of Homeland Security has invented a fantastic cover story for its agenda of spying on Americans who are unwilling to relinquish their rights and liberty to the Obama Regime.
In April of 2011, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a Freedom of Information Act request seeking from the DHS all records pertaining to the Department’s “Media Monitoring Initiative.”
Started 2 years ago, DHS claimed the purpose of the Initiative was “…to assist DHS and its components involved in the security, safety, and border control associated with the 2010 Winter Olympics as well as the response, recovery, and rebuilding effort resulting from the earthquake and after-effects in Haiti.”
And how did Homeland Security intend to accomplish this noble, dual purpose of controlling the border and assisting in Haiti? Naturally, by “… [monitoring] publicly available online forums, blogs, public websites, and message boards to collect information used in providing situational awareness and establishing a common operating picture.”
The Homeland Security Act, passed by Congress after the 9/11 attacks, mandates Department action on the bureaucratic jibber-jabber quoted above in order to make certain that “…critical disaster-related information reaches government decision makers.”
Well given the histories of Barack Obama and Janet Napolitano, the people at EPIC smelled a rat. And rightly so, for upon filing a lawsuit in December of 2011–after Homeland Security had ignored the Center’s original FOIA requests–EPIC was provided some 285 pages of documents by Napolitano’s Department. And portions of those documents paint a picture of federal overreach and intrusion into the lives of the American people extraordinary even by Obama Regime standards.
For the initial documents obtained by EPIC in January made it clear the Media Monitoring program had been created for little more than spying on the American people.
In 2010, DHS hired General Dynamics to monitor the news for “… [media] reports that reflect adversely on the US Government, DHS, or prevent, protect, respond government activities.” In fact, Napolitano’s DHS provided the company with instructions to look for and keep a record of anything people were saying about the Department or its policies.
And General Dynamics did just that when it provided Homeland Security with a report on what people were saying on Facebook, Twitter, various blogs and in the comment section of the New York Times concerning the Obama Regime’s plans to bring Gitmo terrorists to a prison in Standish, Michigan!
Incredibly, Homeland Security said it would monitor Twitter and Facebook by creating fictitious usernames and scanning user posts for key terms, the information and user data gleaned to be stored for a period of 5 years and shared with other government agencies!
Needless to say, none of this seems to have had much to do with the Haiti earthquake or potential trouble on the Northern border as a result of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
So Barack Hussein Obama is using the federal government of the United States as his personal, political listening device, looking for and keeping records on signs of dissent and unrest spawned by troublemakers unhappy with the authoritarian rule of his DC junta of “hope and change.” Criticize the DHS, speak out against the White House or Department of Justice on Facebook, Twitter or countless other public forums and your comments and personal information will be passed on to the federal government where they will be stored for the purpose of…WHAT?
Funny that Janet Napolitano’s minions had to invent a thoroughly fraudulent picture of what her Department was doing and why it was being done. But then why should the Regime break a pattern of dishonest behavior which has worked so well for Democrat Administrations for so long!
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Does the name Joseph Goebbels come to mind.
More like gestapo, stasi, and kgb.
Sounds a bit like Richard Nixon’s “enemies list” which was created out of paranoia. Obama’s is worse though we might not see why until he uses the information along with the NDAA, Patriot Act, etc. fto accomplish who knows what in the future.
At least Nixon, when he was caught, had the integrity to resign.
Huapakechi is right, this is the Gestapo, stasi and KGB all rolled into one.
Ms. Napolitano, are you reading this?
Napolidiot aka the Fat Broad, runs a government angency that is a prime example as to why politicizing of agencies is a bad idea, they evolve into SS and KGB like entities and turn on the citizenry, take a good look at what has happened to the IRS and how it is used as a tool to launch a investigation into virtually anyone’s life who opposes the incumbent regime. Clinton was big on this tactic and harrassed anyone whom he thought would possibly expose him in some way, he was the master of making use of the government powers to intimidate…
This should give a whole new meaning to the Obama regime’s construction of FEMA Camps. From the little invormation available to the public to date, they sound more like concentration camps than emergency relief camps. Why armed guards? Why barbed wire security fences? Are they planning keep people in or out? Or both? We have no need for fixed FEMA camps for emergency relief. These have an altogether different purpose and their staffing and construction should be stopped immediately. The people in this country had better wake up before they find themselves on the wrong side of the fencing.
More good work by Doug Book.
And the failure and refusal to take it up by
- so-called mainstream media and
- Darrell Issa’s House Oversight Committee, as part of impeachment hearings,
further corroborate the degeneration of our nation.
Isn’t General Dynamics part of the military industrial complex? Police States are new to Americans I guess they will have to learn the hard way.
Wheres all the people who take oahs to protect us from ALL enemies foreign and domestic? How many people in this country have gone half way around the world to fight Communist and then come home and vote them into office?
To: Doug Book
You do realize that you , me and all the other commentators here are on her shit list too. Nice club to belong to. Keep up the good work….Bravo!
http://www.orlytaitzesq.com/
Lawyer Orly Taitz has hand delivered evidence regarding Obama’s forged and fraudulent documents to chief Justice Roberts. On February 15, there will be a full Supreme Court conference to review the evidence.
Spread the word to all of your contacts. Check out the website for details.
Cyber Warriors for Obama, is a group of over 3000 volunteers who will monitor websites, reporting back their findings. They will use various user names and cause disruptions and dissensions.
“Ellen” on one of our forums is most likely one of these people.