Comments on: Bush picks tech lawyer for security post

Stewart Baker, an influential and polarizing Washington figure, is chosen to oversee Homeland Security's new policy-planning efforts.

interesting

this was a very interesting article

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Great

Great idea.. lets put a guy whos notorious for completely abhorring personal privacy in charge of an organization notorious for unapolgetically violating peoples privacy and getting laws enacted to systematically remove the rights of the public.

He might feel right at home among people who think that your sex life is a matter of national security but this event does not bode well for the american citizens they supposedly work for.

This bodes ill

If privacy is a necessity for use of the internet, only if you encrypt your messages will you have it. The background on this guy is really bad for any civil liberties.