Hell he already taps our phones, why not everything else?

The Bush administration has accelerated its Internet surveillance push by proposing that Web sites must keep records of who uploads photographs or videos in case police determine the content is illegal and choose to investigate, CNET News.com has learned.

That proposal surfaced Wednesday in a private meeting during which U.S. Department of Justice officials, including Assistant Attorney General Rachel Brand, tried to convince industry representatives such as AOL and Comcast that data retention would be valuable in investigating terrorism, child pornography and other crimes. The discussions were described to News.com by several people who attended the meeting.

A second purpose of the meeting in Washington, D.C., according to the sources, was to ask Internet service providers how much it would cost to record details on their subscribers for two years. At the very least, the companies would be required to keep logs for police of which customer is assigned a specific Internet address.

We need Leahy and Conyers on this one. This is another blatant violation of consumer privacy. Knowing how the Bush twins act, I wonder what daddy would think of one of them sent a titty pic to some boyfriend via email and someone keeping it at an isp? There’s nothing illegal with that, but it could be very embarrassing to Bush and his family. Conservatives = small government? Bullshit. This is more proof that they want the government to expand beyond belief.

Thanks George for taking away more freedoms and bowing down to Osama!