Well, today... Not so much:
After an uproar from conservative bloggers and free-speech activists, the Transportation Security Administration late Tuesday rescinded a new policy that would have prevented employees from accessing websites with "controversial opinions" on TSA computers at work.Notice how much easier it is for the Obama administration to reverse course on unpopular policies (like this one or granting civilian trials to terrorists in NYC), than it is for them to actually do something positive or pro-active, like, say, securing the borders.
The ban on "controversial opinion" sites, issued late last week, was included as part of a more general TSA Internet-usage policy blocking employee access to gambling and chat sites, as well as sites that dealt with extreme violence or criminal activity.
But the policy itself became controversial as the Drudge Report and a number of conservative bloggers highlighted the possibility that the policy could be used to censor websites critical of the agency or of the Obama administration in general. The American Civil Liberties Union also questioned the language.
Source: Washington Times via HotAir
I think they call that "negative rights," or something...
