From Alex's blog:

The CIA now says it will start to monitor blogs, which I have no problem with. I mean, we are the new media, after all. Besides that, we happen to be closer to events and opinions than major print media, so it could be a great source of information on what is going on in the "real world". Sure, many will step up and say this is just the next step in the Zionist/Halliburton world takeover conspiracy, but I think these kinds of opinions speak for themselves.