DEPT. OF HOMELAND RETARDATION
The so called Department of Homeland Security was forced to release it's list of words it wastes countless billions of dollars looking for on the Internet.
Department chiefs were forced to release the manual containing the words following a House hearing over documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit which revealed how analysts monitor social networks and media organisations for comments that 'reflect adversely' on the government. They insisted, of coarse,the practice was aimed not at policing the internet for disparaging remarks about the government and signs of general dissent.Released under a freedom of information request, the information sheds new light on how government analysts are instructed to patrol the Internet searching for ridiculous words and phrases that are regularly used countless millions of times on the Internet. The words are included in the department's 2011 'Analyst's Desktop Binder' used by workers at their National Operations Center which instructs workers to identify 'media reports that reflect adversely on DHS and response activities'. Electronic Privacy Information Center - a privacy watchdog group who filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act before suing to obtain the release of the documents. In a letter to the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counter-terrorism and Intelligence, the centre described the choice of words as 'broad, vague and ambiguous'.
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The so called Department of Homeland Security was forced to release it's list of words it wastes countless billions of dollars looking for on the Internet.
Department chiefs were forced to release the manual containing the words following a House hearing over documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit which revealed how analysts monitor social networks and media organisations for comments that 'reflect adversely' on the government. They insisted, of coarse,the practice was aimed not at policing the internet for disparaging remarks about the government and signs of general dissent.Released under a freedom of information request, the information sheds new light on how government analysts are instructed to patrol the Internet searching for ridiculous words and phrases that are regularly used countless millions of times on the Internet. The words are included in the department's 2011 'Analyst's Desktop Binder' used by workers at their National Operations Center which instructs workers to identify 'media reports that reflect adversely on DHS and response activities'. Electronic Privacy Information Center - a privacy watchdog group who filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act before suing to obtain the release of the documents. In a letter to the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counter-terrorism and Intelligence, the centre described the choice of words as 'broad, vague and ambiguous'.
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