The US President has directed that a website be created to provide "immediate, ongoing and direct access to factual information related to the lawful foreign surveillance activities carried out by the U.S. Intelligence Community." The address is: http://icontherecord.tumblr.com/
Two things: 1. tumblr? Really? Why? It's headed as from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Why is it not a .gov host? This is really odd. But the best fun is #2. 2. The name. They intend it to be read: IC on the record, with IC = Intelligence Community. But it could equally be interpreted: I Con the Record. I prefer the latter. Jan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [email protected] blog: http://janwhitaker.com/jansblog/ business: http://www.janwhitaker.com Our truest response to the irrationality of the world is to paint or sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth. ~Madeline L'Engle, writer _ __________________ _ _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
