the federal government paid at least $1. 16 million to private contractor General Dynamics to monitor social networks, blogs, and news media sites for “public reaction to major governmental proposals with homeland security implications. --- GD agreed to pay $4 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the US Government claiming a GD unit fraudulently billed the government for defectively manufactured parts used in US military aircraft and submarines
While CEO of General Dynamics in 2008, Nicholas D. Chabraja was paid $17,962,579 On Jan 25, 9:53 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > DHS Paid Contractor $1.16M to Monitor Social Networks, News Media, Blogs & > Comments for Dissent > Jan 13, 2012 by Joel Zand > (@jzand)http://techlaw.justia.com/2012/01/13/dhs-contracted-with-general-dyna... > 16m-to-monitor-fb-twitter-blogs-news-comments/#.Tx8_bDwvsgA.twitter > > A Freedom of Information Act (‘FOIA’) lawsuit (below) by the Electronic > Privacy Information Center (‘EPIC’) reveals that the U.S. Department of > Homeland Security paid contractors to monitor Facebook, Twitter other social > networks, blogs, and comments on news media websites. > > The documents (below) disclose that the federal government paid at least $1. > 16 million to private contractor General Dynamics to monitor social > networks, blogs, and news media sites for “public reaction to major > governmental proposals with homeland security implications.” That’s > government bureaucratic-speak for public dissent. > > The legal implications of U.S. social networking surveillance programs > tracking dissent of its own citizens, even with open source tools, are > deeply disturbing. > > The DHS activities are one of the key reasons why the U.S. Senate created > the Church Committee in the 1970′s to investigate why federal agencies were > investigating political dissent, spying on American’s who disagreed with U. > S. policies. > > Frank ChurchMore than 35 years ago, the Church Committee, headed by Idaho > Democratic Senator Frank Church (Inset; Source: U.S. Senate) concluded that > Americans had a “need for perpetual surveillance of the intelligence > community” to prevent similar unlawful monitoring of Americans in the > future. This resulted in the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, a > Committee that should have oversight of the kinds of wrongs that EPIC found > DHS’s lawsuit found out have been perpetrated DHS and contractors at > General Dynamics > > What are some of the things that DHS paid and tasked General Dynamics to > monitor? Take a look: > > ¶ 4.1.1 The Contractor shall perform a broad open sources search > for information on breaking news stories. The contractor shall: > > 4.1.1.1 Monitor major broadcast networks > 4.1.1.2 Monitor and review all Associated Press (AP) stories > generated within the U.S. by each state’s AP bureau > 4.1.1.3 Monitor and receive alerts on local and regional broadcast > news via categorized/focused text/video feeds > 4.1.1.4 Monitor and receive alerts on other wire service stories via > categorized/focused Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds > 4.1.1.5 Monitor appropriate Internet web sites on breaking > situational events > 4.1.1.6 Monitor and receive full motion video (FMV) or other > streaming media > > If an “incident” occurred - a “National Security Situation / > International Security Situation (NSS/ISS)” - General Dynamics had to > continue working on the six items above, in addition to: > > 4.1.2.5 Query and search the Internet using other search engines > such as Google and Yahoo > 4.1.2.8 Continue to monitor/review reports available via above open > sources for information on other breaking news stories > > Here are some of the documents disclosed in EPIC’s FOIA litigation against > the DHS: > > DHS Responses to EPIC’s FOIA Request > > Here is the complaint (below) and case docket in EPIC’s FOIA lawsuit > recently filed against DHS: > > Complaint: Electronic Privacy Information Center v. 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