politico.com - 12/8/2008
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Obama job seekers jittery about the security of personal secrets wonder who's reading the disclosed info.
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Work For Obama, Lose Your Privacy?
Politics Daily —
... Now, Politico's Eamon Javers is asking, after an estimated 15,000 applicants submit their private information--including Facebook data--to the Obama transition team, what happens to it? ...
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techPresident —
... With the incoming Obama administration vetting job applicants' online jottings and social-network profiles, Politico's Eamon Javers is asking whether the fact that your Facebook profile lists your favorite movie as "Fletch" will forevermore be recorded in the National Archives -- a particularly relevant question as Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau turns out to be the star of a few Facebook photos ...
End of the year national security wrap-up --
The Reaction —
... from "open source" material, intelligence sources to which any of us has access, according to Steven Aftergood at Secrecy News. The story about what will happen to reams of private information required from Obama administration job applicants is also an ironic unintended consequence of our new Constitutional law professor President's transition process. Politico's Eamon Javers asks about "Facebook pages in National Archives?" To quote what an applicant might wonder after hitting the send button: ...
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