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posted by takyon on Friday December 14 2018, @11:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the FBI's-own-ploy dept.

Gizmodo:

Nearly two years before the U.S. government's first known inquiry into the activities of Reddit co-founder and famed digital activist Aaron Swartz, the FBI swept up his email data in a counterterrorism investigation that also ensnared students at an American university, according to a once-secret document first published by Gizmodo.

The email data belonging to Swartz, who was likely not the target of the counterterrorism investigation, was cataloged by the FBI and accessed more than a year later as it weighed potential charges against him for something wholly unrelated. The legal practice of storing data on Americans who are not suspected of crimes, so that it may be used against them later on, has long been denounced by civil liberties experts, who've called on courts and lawmakers to curtail the FBI's "radically" expansive search procedures.

The government does store information indefinitely that can be used against you later at a more convenient time.


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  • (Score: 2) by legont on Saturday December 15 2018, @05:06AM (2 children)

    by legont (4179) on Saturday December 15 2018, @05:06AM (#774698)

    This is just came in. Boeing's brand new 737MAX made emergency landing in Iran https://www.businessinsider.com/norwegian-air-boeing-737max-diverted-to-iran-with-mechanical-trouble-2018-12 [businessinsider.com]

    Poor folks on board will forever ever be put on the list. They will be checked every time they buy tickets or cross borders or try to get responsible jobs or whatever. They will be refused for unknown reasons simply because "FBI was interested in them"; and CIA, and all the 16 US and countless foreign secret services.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday December 15 2018, @11:11AM (1 child)

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Saturday December 15 2018, @11:11AM (#774733) Homepage Journal

    Those unfortunate people were flying to Norway. From Dubai. Otherwise known as the home of @TrumpGolfDubai [twitter.com]. The home of desert links style golf. We love Norway. And we love Dubai. And frankly, I'd like to see more folks from places like that coming to our Country.

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 16 2018, @03:19AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 16 2018, @03:19AM (#775032)

      Dubai is a common airline transfer hub when travelling to Europe or Asia.