http://mashable.com/2009/12/02/eff-government-lawsuit/
According to the complaint, EFF is aware that the government is using content posted to social media sites in their investigations. After their initial requests for more information and documentation on the specific policies around these activities went unanswered, the EFF began seeking a court order to force the government’s hand in full disclosure.
One of the incidents cited in the complaint was the widely publicized FBI search of an activist’s home, which came after the man in question used radio scanners to post the movements of police on Twitter (Twitter) during the G-20 Summit.
BTW the Commander in Chief is President Obama so this one cannot be blamed on former President Bush.
BTW when President Obama was a senator on July 9, 2008 he voted to allow telecommunications companies to spy on US when he voted "Yea" to H.R. 6304 a bill that amended the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA):
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00168
For those who are not American... this is a NON issue for you LOL
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