Cornyn Questions Obama's 'Enemies List'

Sen. John Cornyn, a republican from Texas, has sent a letter to President Barack Obama expressing his concern about a "program to monitor American citizens' speech opposing your health care policies."

The letter comes as response to a post on the White House's Web site about the health care overhaul debate. The item "Facts Are Stubborn Things" was posted by Macon Phillips, the White House Director of New Media, and is accompanied by a online video of Linda Douglass, the communications director for the White House's Health Reform Office, pushing back against criticism from opponents of the White House plan.

The post states that there is "disinformation" and "rumors" about Obama's plan and asks "Since we can't keep track of all of them here at the White House, we're asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov."

Cornyn writes in his letter that "By requesting that citizens send "fishy" emails to the White House, it is inevitable that the names, email addresses, IP addresses, and private speech of U.S. citizens will be reported to the White House." Cornyn also requested that the program be ended immediately and awaits a "prompt" response from the president.

The Dallas Morning News reported that the White House said the post was merely designed to fight "intentionally misleading" information in the health care debate. And The New York Times reported that Douglass said that the White House wanted to know if incorrect information is floating around and what it is so that they can respond to it.

Other Republicans, including Sen. John Barasso from Wyoming and Rep. Mike Pence, from Indiana, have said that the White House should not collect information of citizens.

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