NSA, PRISM: bad! FOIA? Let's not go there.

[Buzz Clik]

Freedom of Information Act. Oh, my.

I was talking to my department head about my efforts to back up all my information, including important emails. It takes a bit of work and discipline to perform the task regularly, but it's critical to never lose these electronic bits. He told me, "I don't back up my emails. If need to refer to an old communication to me or from me, I simply go to the local newspaper's website and look it up there. One of the local reporters got crosswise with us some years back and used the Freedom of Information Act to put every email ever written by me or received by me on a public website. I'll never have to backup an email for the rest of my life."

That's kinda shitty. Invasion of privacy? Oh, yeah. Abuse of power? Oh, yeah. But that's a good invasion of privacy and a good abuse of power.

[Pholus]

1. Yup. FOIA lets the watchers be watched. Sorry if you find that offensive.

But file that one away because it can be hard to have an icebreaker when you end up being seated at the country club next to Mr. Rumsfeld and Mr. Cheney.

[Buzz Clik]

2. No apology necessary. I didn't take a stand on FOIA.

But file that one away because it can be hard to have an icebreaker when you end up being seated at the country club next to Mr. Rumsfeld and Mr. Cheney.

LOL!

Do I know you from elsewhere?

[Pholus]

4. Not sure if you know me.

Geographically MN, AZ or MD over the last 20 years.

[railsback]

3. LoL, yeah, that shit's funny as hell

Cherry picking 'enemies' and abuses of our 'freedoms'.

[backscatter712]

5. When you're working for the government on official business, this is how it should be.

You SHOULD be subject to public scrutiny.

[Buzz Clik]

6. It's legal in our state to use emails for brief, personal messages to friends and family...

... if it does not violate other rules (e.g., selling stuff) and does not cost the state money (e.g., long distance calls). None of that was filtered from the postings. You okay with that, too?

[RobertEarl]

7. You work in government? OMG

Is it any wonder we are in such deep shit....

Yep, buzz, it's me, the leftist environmentalist who you claim is to blame for the Hanford nuclear waste dump not being moved to Nevada. Like you said in this post:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3065276

And we good citizens pay you to fuck with us?

[Buzz Clik]

8. Bobby Earl, you lost your cred on this thread yesterday.

Take off.

fyi -- PNNL is not part of the government. It is privately owned. Never got a paycheck from the gov't. And, it's past tense. Don't work there now.

[kenny blankenship]

9. ¡¡¡ WIN !!!