Posted 9:25 AM

Another White House Flap

John Markoff wrote a piece on the White House's new e-mail system ("To e-mail Bush, follow instructions to the letter") which has all the usual privacy and anti-government (as well as anti-Bush) forces up in arms screaming about loss of liberties and first amendment rights. Please people! Its all about blocking spam! It is heavy-handed, and it was probably designed by some party hack's out-of-work nephew, but there's nothing sinister about it. Its a simple challenge-response system that insures only mail sent by a real person gets past the automated collection point.