DAILY DOZEN: BIG BROTHER & THE NET

The Orwellian prophesy continues. Big Brother wants to read your email. Today, the administration announced that it wants to make it easier to spy on internet related activities. This clearly is Not America. Whether the populace stands for this intrusion into their privacy remains to be seen. Here's some background on what they want to do.

1. Feds eye plan to make Internet snooping easier [Computer World]
2. Big Brother wants to surf the Net with you. [GCN]
3. Obama’s internet wiretap move: Just one small facet of total domination project. [Prison Planet]
4. Feds seek sweeping power to hunt bad guys on the web. [Tech New World]

5. Administration seeks ways to monitor internet communications. [The Washington Post]
6. Law Enforcement wants to be able to 'Tap' Skype, Facebook and BlackBerry emails. [Forbes]
7. Administration Internet-wiretap proposals forget history. [The Washington Post]
8. Government plan will leave terrorists and other internet users no place to hide. [Slate]

9. Privacy advocates criticize government's online eavesdropping proposal. [San Jose Mercury News]
10. Do the Feds need the power to wiretap the internet? [The Atlantic]
11. ...Or else The Terrorists will win. [The Daily Dish]
12. Wiretapping your emails. [The New American]