The Transportation Security Administration (aka the TSA aka the men and women you pay to grope you and your grandma at the airport) is apparently monitoring Twitter and possibly other internet sites (hey y'all!) for the purpose of defending itself against stories it considers negative or objectionable. There is even a "TSABlogTeam" -- how hip and cool.
What I think bothers me about this -- well, one of the things that bothers me -- is the government's urge to propagandize. They're the government -- if what they do is deemed legal, and thus far, no one has proven that their invasive tactics are illegal -- then there's not much we can do about it except complain to each other and now they're actively discouraging even that. I'd rather them just man up, give us the finger, and tell us to suck it because they're the guvmint and they can do whatever they want. Because it's apparent they can do pretty much whatever they want.
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