Obama's Email Snooping Plan

[UNTflyer]

The Obama administration lifted the veil Tuesday on a highly-secretive set of policies to defend the U.S. from cyber attacks.

It was an open secret that the National Security Agency was bolstering a Homeland Security program to detect and respond to cyber attacks on government systems, but a summary of that program declassified Tuesday provides more details of NSA's role in a Homeland program known as Einstein.

The current version of the program is widely seen as providing meager protection against attack, but a new version being built will be more robust–largely because it's rooted in NSA technology. The program is designed to look for indicators of cyber attacks by digging into all Internet communications, including the contents of emails, according to the declassified summary.

Homeland Security will then strip out identifying information and pass along data on new threats to NSA. It will also use threat information from NSA to better identify emerging cyber attacks.

http://blogs.wsj.com...0&post_id=11601

So where is the outrage? People were flipping out all calling Bush a Nazi because some wiretapping of known terrorists may have included listening to the phone calls of Americans. Obama's plan is to look at the contents of all emails, not just some suspect emails.

[SCREAMING EAGLE-66]

I am assuming that you did read it [summary] and know that this program was started under Bush. Years ago it was set up somehow to search for certain key words. I know little about it since it was rather secret but it has existed a long time. The difference seems to be that it is more open or better known now.

[UNTflyer]

Actually, the system was started a long time ago and it was called Echelon when it became operational under the Clinton administration. But there's a difference between having the technology and actually implementing a plan to scan all Internet communications.

You did read that this is a proposed "new version" of the program?

[cwb]

Shut up you two. Everyone knows this is Lee Jackson's work.

[Censored by Laurie]

Shut up you two. Everyone knows this is Lee Jackson's work.

Tin foil keeps food warm AND makes a stylish hat...

[FirefightnRick]

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I'm almost certain once Leonard Pitts or Bud Kennedy catches wind of this the outrage

will commence!

Rick

Edited March 5, 2010 by FirefightnRick