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| Uncle Sam blocks Gates of Vienna |
| 2006-10-11 |
| Posted by:wxjames |
| #8 Wow there goes better than half of those I read. Yeah what's up with Atrios? The blogspot security had me until .com pointed that out. Maybe an oversight? Uncle Sam does not do itself any good by blocking these sights. Didn't they say they were losing the media war? Well "shoot in foot" policy seems to me is no solution. They just shot allies in their war wether they know it or not. Whoever or whatever policy running that dept is either clueless or trapped in a PC and Security squish Need more info before complete condemnation but preliminary seems not a good move...of course that depends on if this purely security driven or PC screening. Dunno |
| Posted by: Dunno 2006-10-11 22:32 |
| #7 But he's really really nice. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-10-11 22:06 |
| #6 Michael Totten? That guy's a lefty as far as I can tell. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-10-11 22:03 |
| #5 lotp - Would you like to explain how blogspot can endanger the DOI webservers? If they're that incompetent, I see an employment opportunity. BTW, note that the Atrios site is blogspot - and not blocked. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-10-11 21:27 |
| #4 Note that there is no direct email for Kempthorne - or anyone else except the "webteam", which is, of course, the source of the blocking. Go to the Conatct Us page and you'll see you can direct email to the webteam - or fill out a form which, of course, goes to the webteam. I've emailed the WH - and suggest others do, too. I would think they would find this unsatisfactory. Like PETA's buddies, the cockroaches, they're everywhere. I will mourn neither their removal nor passing. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-10-11 21:23 |
| #3 I suspect the issue isn't partisanship, but technical. Federal sites have been under some unremitting probes and attacks for a while now. Different agencies have different levels of tech savvy, and Interior has always been one of the laggards (along with Agriculture). So they are scrambling to make sure they aren't compromised badly. Bulletins have been going out to sys admins with a whole slew of steps to take to tighten up against network vulnerabilities. Note that what was blocked wasn't Gates of Vienna - the headline here is misleading. What was blocked was Blogspot -- which has had some security holes in it in the past. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-10-11 21:17 |
| #2 Maybe Secretary Dirk Kempthorne needs to get a few emails. He's in charge-does the buck stop with him? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Kempthorne |
| Posted by: Jules 2006-10-11 21:11 |
| #1 I smell partisan bullshit. Just look at who's blocked and who ain't: Blocked Blogs: CaptainÂ’s Quarters Cox and Forkum Gates of Vienna Little Green Footballs Michael J. Totten Michelle Malkin Power Line Protein Wisdom Rantings of a Sandmonkey Roger L. Simon The Adventures of Chester The American Thinker The Belmont Club The Doctor is In Wizbang Blogs not blocked: DailyKos Democrat Underground America blog Atrios.blogspot.com JuanCole.com The Huffington Post Talkingpointsmemo.com |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-11 21:03 |