Bush Attempting to Spy on Online Gambling Community

January 28, 2008

Even those that just “Google” online gambling may not be safe from the wrath of our president any longer – and they may want to protect themselves accordingly. According to the Wall Street Journal, President Bush is trying to pass a cyber-security initiative that would allow him to spy on anyone participating in online gambling.

The initiative would kick back information to our government regarding the “surfing” habits of internet users and if you participate in online gambling, or if you simply search for it (even without participating) your name would go into a database and you could be investigated. “The Google” as Bush refers to it, gives information to online gamblers, even those just seeking information regarding what is going on with it, and Bush wants to know who is doing what with it when.

The budget that he is currently trying to pass has the initiative on it, and he wants to spend $6 billion to monitor Americans and “protect” them. However, the public is already upset with the idea of it, and many in Congress say that they will not support such a bill. They say that spying on Americans is unwarranted even “in the name of National Security.”

Various privacy groups are outraged at the thought of this new program, as they say that this is simply one more way for the government to keep a stranglehold on the American people and their right to participate in online gambling. They say that the next thing you know, microchips will be everywhere with the government listening to everything you do and say and determining if you are harmful to yourself and others by what you do and what you say.

They say that it violates the privacy of every American citizen and that if the initiative is passed, it won’t stop here. They are concerned with how far the President is willing to go to subdue the public and keep them under his thumb.



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