Cryptome Leaks List of Sites DHS Monitors

Whistleblower site Cryptome has leaked a six page document from the Department of Homeland Security dated January 6, 2011. The document includes a list of 96 websites, including a number of blogs and social media sites, which are being openly monitored by the DHS. Such surveillance is business as usual for the DHS, but it also raises significant privacy concerns, particularly around exactly what sort of data the department is storing.

Click here for the PDF document (Cryptome.org)

Click here for the Washington Post article

Author: Jason Ditz

Jason Ditz is Senior Editor for Antiwar.com. He has 20 years of experience in foreign policy research and his work has appeared in The American Conservative, Responsible Statecraft, Forbes, Toronto Star, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Providence Journal, Washington Times, and the Detroit Free Press.