Bush Administration also found to monitor US computers

Need more evidence that government surveillance in Red America is more prevalent that you may have imagined? Look at this little nugget I found in the news today. The did it. They hid it and now they have been caught. I can only imagine what else these people are up to.

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.