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Monday, November 24, 2008 12:00 AM

Barack Obama wants you (to spill your secrets)

Prospective White House employees must cough up an unprecedented amount of detail about their online activity. Is the new administration being smart -- or scary?
By Michael Martin

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  • Monday, November 24, 2008 11:24 PM

    Sell your soul for a job?

    I'm amazed by the apologists for this nonsense.

    It's a violation of privacy, pure and simple. And it's a violation of the role of any employer into the private lives of employees.

    Ah well, it's up to people to stand up for their rights. An employer, even if it's Uncle Sam, does NOT have the right to ask me about my private communications.

    I would leave that blank.

    Or better yet, fill it in with references to past boyfriends who posted nasty pictures in anger on some idiotic blog.

    Unbelievable to see people defend this.

    —AnninCa Read AnninCa's other letters

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