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Do you wonder if your name is on the list? [message #65160]

Mon, 20 December 2010 20:24

chrisjames147

Really getting into it

Location: U.S.
Registered: November 2009
Messages: 630

Considering the debate over the posting of classified documents by Wikileaks, a story like this becomes especially disturbing once you realize how much like Swiss cheese the government computer systems are in this country:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20101220/ts_yblog_thelookout/the-5-most-surprising-revelations-from-the-posts-monitoring-america-investigation

This is not a new challenge for the American people, just a renewal of an old one. During the years of J. Edgar Hoover (head of the FBI) and Richard Nixon (a poor excuse for President in the 1970's) there were copious files kept on anyone who did a variety of things even vaguely considered subversive, and being gay was one of them.

In high school we used to write letters to the American Nazi Party in hopes that the FBI would add us to the list of subversives and thus we would not be allowed to serve in the military. It was a time when everyone was looking for a way to avoid the Vietnam War. BTW, it didn't work, damnit.

But today just having your name and personal information in a computer list somewhere is risky, Wikileaks proved that. Maybe they will write a report that says I chat on this forum. That would be nice, we could always use the publicity Razz

[Updated on: Mon, 20 December 2010 20:25]

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