From: "Mark" 

And the previous examples are?

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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> Uh - Why make laws and rules then?
>
> We are supposed to be a Nation of Law. When did that change?
>
> Sure it's not a bigeee as surveillance goes but it's yet another example
> of NSA's uncaring attitude to our privacy laws
>
>
> "Mark"  wrote in message
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>> Wait Rich, now we're supposed to get our panties in a bunch and wet
>> ourselves because a Web site set cookies? We've all got cookies coming
>> out of our ying yang and for far more nefarious purposes than protecting
>> the USA. 
>>
>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>> news:43b34634{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>I reckon the NSA is so used to violating Federal Law they probably
>>>figured what's one more time and after all they only wanted to track web
>>>activity to 2035 when Bush's war on terror may finally subside
>>>
>>> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/1700AP_Spy_Agency_Privacy.html
>>> NEW YORK -- The National Security Agency's Internet site has been
>>> placing files on visitors' computers that can track their Web surfing
>>> activity despite strict federal rules banning most of them.
>>>
>>> These files, known as "cookies," disappeared after a
privacy activist
>>> complained and The Associated Press made inquiries this week, and agency
>>> officials acknowledged Wednesday they had made a mistake. Nonetheless,
>>> the issue raises questions about privacy at a spy agency already on the
>>> defensive amid reports of a secretive eavesdropping program in the
>>> United States.
>>>
>>> "Considering the surveillance power the NSA has, cookies
are not exactly
>>> a major concern," said Ari Schwartz, associate director
at the Center
>>> for Democracy and Technology, a privacy advocacy group in Washington,
>>> D.C. "But it does show a general lack of understanding
about privacy
>>> rules when they are not even following the government's very basic rules
>>> for Web privacy."
>>>
>>> Until Tuesday, the NSA site created two cookie files that do not expire
>>> until 2035 - likely beyond the life of any computer in use today.
>>>
>>> Don Weber, an NSA spokesman, said in a statement Wednesday that the
>>> cookie use resulted from a recent software upgrade. Normally, the site
>>> uses temporary, permissible cookies that are automatically deleted when
>>> users close their Web browsers, he said, but the software in use shipped
>>> with persistent cookies already on.
>>>
>>> http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10629515/
>>>
>>> NEW YORK - The National Security Agency's Internet site has been placing
>>> files on visitors' computers that can track their Web surfing activity
>>> despite strict federal rules banning most of them.
>>>
>>> These files, known as "cookies," disappeared after a
privacy activist
>>> complained and The Associated Press made inquiries this week, and agency
>>> officials acknowledged Wednesday they had made a mistake.
>>>
>>> Nonetheless, the issue raises questions about privacy at a spy agency
>>> already on the defensive amid reports of a secretive eavesdropping
>>> program in the United States
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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