The CIA Is Tracking You On Twitter, Facebook

You know, now that I think about it, I did think it was kind of odd when I got that "the CIA is now following you on Twitter" message. The group's effort gives the White House a daily snapshot of the world built from tweets, newspaper articles and Facebook updates. The agency's Open Source Center sometimes looks at 5 million tweets a day. The analysts are also checking out TV news channels, local radio stations, Internet chat rooms — anything overseas that people can access and contribute to openly.