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Offline Zoidberg

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Lincoln's equivalent to the NSA total surveillance state
« on: July 08, 2013, 2110 UTC »
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"In 1862, after President Abraham Lincoln appointed him secretary of war, Edwin M. Stanton penned a letter to the president requesting sweeping powers, which would include total control of the telegraph lines...Having the telegraph lines running through Stanton’s office made his department the nexus of war information; Lincoln visited regularly to get the latest on the war. Stanton collected news from generals, telegraph operators and reporters. He had a journalist’s love of breaking the story and an autocrat’s obsession with information control. He used his power over the telegraphs to influence what journalists did or didn’t publish. In 1862, the House Judiciary Committee took up the question of 'telegraphic censorship' and called for restraint on the part of the administration’s censors."
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/06/opinion/lincolns-surveillance-state.html
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Re: Lincoln's equivalent to the NSA total surveillance state
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2013, 1226 UTC »
Lincoln had a cot installed in Stanton's office so he could be there 24/7 if the situation demanded it.
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