Thank goodness that Pri/Harvey/gogo, Brian/FIH, and zk, etc. have assured us that we have nothing to worry about. Pay no attention to those “crazy conspiracy theorists.” [/sarcasm]
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“The Department of Homeland Security posted a contract request this week for “Media Monitoring Services,” which will compile a database of hundreds of thousands of journalists, bloggers and “media influencers” for the federal government. After an outcry on social media, a Department of Homeland Security spokesman tweeted “this is nothing more than the standard practice of monitoring current events in the media.”‘
At the end of the article they quote the DHS’s spokesperson:
“Despite what some reporters may suggest, this is nothing more than the standard practice of monitoring current events in the media. Any suggestion otherwise is fit for tin foil hat wearing, black helicopter conspiracy theorists. https://t.co/XGgFFH3Ppl
— Tyler Q. Houlton (@SpoxDHS) April 6, 2018”
(And it might just be a coincidence, but someone has tried to access my computer’s microphone and camera through Piggington. I do *not* believe that it is Rich.)
