05-16-2013, 11:56 AM
Bill in NC wrote:
or just budget monthly for a few 'burner' phones
Um.. if you think about it, that won't work. You have to make the phone known to possible sources.
While this concept is 'cool', the use of the Tor network is considered a 'sign of criminality' to most law enforcement organizations, and is heavily blocked all over the place. Since the whole issue surrounds 'leakers' from the government, and even suspicion of a leak means you get put on the polygraph, I'm not too sure.
The real issue is that an administration that was elected in order to improve transparency and accessibility to Government has been shown to be less accessible and less transparent than it's predecessor.
I recognize that governments need to keep secrets. Believe me, I understand classification. But to campaign based on removing secrecy and then agressively adding layers of secrecy is sad hypocrisy.