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I gotta agree with you on this one Varus. While I'm convinced the intent is just as it says, I dont like the precedence it sets one little bit.

Funny thing is, I'd been that White House website before this post happened, and didnt' even notice the rather small blurb of instructions towards the bottom asking people to 'report'.

False. We locked up Japanese and Japanese Americans. Other Pacific Islanders/Asians were not locked up.

And no, I'm not surprised that the Obama administration would want to counter conservative smear and misinformation campaigns. How many people are?

Jophed,



The difference being Obama is compiling lists of americans and the W administration was keeping an eye on suspected terrorists living abroad.

I know you don't see a difference here but it's there nonetheless.

The difference being that Obama isn't illegally wiretapping domestic phonelines to listen in on phone calls made by US citizens.

But, hey -- if you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about.

Right? Right!

I believe there was a plan to make a website to talk about the rumors and show how they are false. It would be updated and organized by workers or volunteers for the administration.

I could be wrong though, and such a website (or the plan for it) might not be related to this instance of rumor-gathering.

Edit: Actually, looking into it, I see several posts on the White House blog addressing the rumors and viral campaigns. It looks like they're collecting the rumors and addressing them there.
Addressing Some Misconceptions in Montana
The Return of the Viral E-Mail
Facts, Falsehoods, and the Benefits of Reform in Portsmouth
Reality Check, which includes a link to the website I was talking about before.

No, the more I read, the more it seems like the rumors are being collected to make it easy to shoot them down in one place, and the more obvious the tin-foil hats are made out to be.

Edited, Aug 17th 2009 11:08am by LockeColeMA

Jophiel,



Oh he isn't is he...



http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2009/04/05

Makes you wonder who Obama is keeping his eye on considering he doesn't believe muslim terrorists exist anymore.

It doesn't create a list of people, but of issues and falsehoods and misinformation.

If you hate seeing helpless misinformation being put on a list, well, okay. I guess.

I'm guessing it will create a list of organizations, websites, email addresses. Or will it simply toss out the locale of the info once 'the false message' has been cataloged?

No... that you don't trust the Obama administration. Patriot Act and illegal wiretapping, those are for "terrorists" (even though both were used against US citizens) so they were fine, but a list of misinformation given by conservative smear campaigns? Oh heaven forbid!




Yeah... a list of rumors, NOT of people. Unless the rumor is something like "Such and such got screwed over, listen to their story!" If my name was on a list for a view, I'd be weirded out. Same thing if my pictures were used by a foreign company for advertising without my knowledge. But it's the internet... if you put something on it or send it to people, there's always the chance it'll get out. You knowingly run the risk when you hand out info online.

And yet this STILL isn't what you're making it out to be; or at the very least, there is no information that it is.

If it was the same situation under a Republican administration*, it wouldn't make the news; they'd collect any information they need and ask questions if the story leaked later.

*Note that I am going by this based on the Bush Jr. administration's actions. I cannot accurately predict what another, future, administration would do in a similar situation.

Locked,



Obama's doing both. Where's the liberal outrage for "illegal wiretapping"? I guess it just doesn't matter that much now that a Dem is president.

Pensive,



or using it to target people who oppose the president. Exactly like he targeted auto dealers who supported the GOP and shut them down.