Ahead of the pack

Last week on Don and Doug we talked about Department of Homeland Security (and the White House) paying online visits to various blogs including some recent visits to this blog.

Vistors to RadioShowNotes.com

Look what's now being reported by The Atlantic Wire:

It's unclear exactly why, but the Department of Homeland has been operating a "Social Networking/Media Capability" program to monitor the top blogs, forums and social networks online for at least the past 18 months. Based on a privacy compliance review from last November recently obtained by Reuters, the purpose of the project is to "collect information used in providing situational awareness and establishing a common operating picture." Whatever that means... 

Don and I are back with another show Thursday afternoon at 1:00pm EST on TalkSouthRadio.com.  You never know who may be listening.