On 2009-09-16, Richard the Dreaded Libertarian wrote:
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:23:32 -0500, Ignoramus31381 wrote:

They are required to comply with the Presidential Records Act and to
archive public content posted by PRA covered persons (as wlel as ensuing
discussions). That does not bother me. I also cannot call it spying.

What the hell is this "Presidential Records Act" and what is it intended
to accomplish?

Presidential Records Act was established after abuses of Republican
administration of Richard Nixon, and attempts to destroy or conceal
evidence of their wrongdoings.

It is described in good detail on Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Records_Act

It requires that all communications of the US President are properly
recorded and records preserved.

These communication, nowadays, include Presidential communications in
public media, such as MySpace.

Since the Administration is required to archive those communications,
they are soliciting offers to implement an electronic archival system.

For examples of non-compliance with the Presidential Records Act, see
this interesting article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_Wh...il_controversy

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