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Always Wanted to be a Spy for the U.S.? Now You Can

Have you ever dreamed of being an FBI agent? Have you toyed around with the idea of using your cell phone camera to go undercover and expose corruption? Have you ever lost yourself in a daydream of being thanked by the President of the United States for spotting and thwarting another terrorist attack?

Well if you have an iPhone you may want to log onto the application store right now because there’s a new application that allows you to be a sort of spy for the U.S. Government.

The new PatriotApp allows people to contact the FBI, the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) with pictures and text. It enables users to record what they believe to be suspicious activity.

Users can fill out a “National Security Threat” form, including the incident address, and send it right off to the appropriate government agency. The form has a wheel people can spin to choose the threat level: high, elevated or guarded. The application even has an employee whistle blower page.

Launched by Florida-based software company, Citizen Concepts, the application capitalizes on the ”see something, say something” motto we all are growing so accustomed to hearing.

On its website, Citizen Concepts says the new PatriotApp, ”empowers citizens to assist government agencies in creating safer, cleaner and more efficient communities via social networking and mobile technology.”

But some people are calling the new application a gigantic “snitch” network. A website called InfoWars.com says the application is nothing more than a glorified way for the government to spy on its citizens. InfoWars Blogger Jason Douglass writes, “An app like this is meant to solidify the climate of fear in which our leaders want us to exist.”

I think Douglass may be going a little far. I don’t see a “Big Brother” phenomenon developing out of an iPhone application, but then again, you never know. In the meantime, I’m downloading the app.