“The Department of Homeland Security intends to list and trackhundreds of thousands of news outlets, journalists, bloggers, and ‘influencers’ in traditional and new media alike. If you find yourself skeptical of this proposal of mass state monitoring of the press, consider yourself a bonafide member of the ‘tinfoil hat wearing, black helicopter conspiracy theorists,’ DHS representative Tyler Houlton said Friday.”
Read more: http://theweek.com/articles/766230/homeland-security-wants-monitor-journalists-time-sound-alarm
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