A Spy Brought in From the Warm

Wizbang points to a CNet article about a company that was sued by the New York Post, The New York Times, Dow Jones, The Washington Post, L.L. Bean and Extended Stay America for inserting ads for competitors into popup boxes over their sites. The spyware specialist has now been appointed as a member of the Department of Homeland Security's Privacy Advisory Board. -- Full story: here and here.