Tuesday, April 27, 2004

Blogs now doubling as cops/PIs/finks?

This article leads one to think it could be.

Blog-Tracking May Gain Ground Among U.S. Intelligence Officials Investor's Business Daily  04/27/04

[Some blogs] are cutting edge in delivering information and opinion.

As a result, some analysts say U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials might be starting to track blogs for important bits of information. This interest is a sign of how far Web media such as blogs have come in reshaping the data-collection habits of intelligence professionals and others, even with the knowledge that the accuracy of what's reported in some blogs is questionable.

Still, a panel of folks who work in the U.S. intelligence field - some of them spies or former spies - discussed this month at a conference in Washington the idea of tracking blogs.

"News and intelligence is about listening with a critical ear, and blogs are just another conversation to listen to and evaluate. They also are closer to (some situations) and may serve as early alerts," said Jock Gill, a former adviser on Internet media to President Clinton (news - web sites), in a later phone interview, after he spoke on the panel.

And, hey, I'm cool with that.  I'm glad to help any time.  Because I love John Ashcroft. I support everything in the PATRIOT Act except I think it should be stronger.  I support the war in Iraq and I'm for invading Iran, Syria, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, France - anywhere that Bush the Magnificent say we should invade.

Psst... Hey, guys, check it out!  I hear on good authority that Rush Limbaught has a ... a drug problem... Follow  up on that quick!  The ads on the TV says dope users are supporting terrorism!

Did I mention that I think that Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld are great patriots and brilliant foreign policy visionaries?  And that Antonin Scalia is the finest legal mind of our generation?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

More tax cuts, more tax cuts!

Anonymous said...

And prayer in schools.  And make sure the tax cuts are only for needy rich.  And cover up all th nekkid statutes! - Bruce