-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/04/2016 06:56 PM, Cecilia Tanaka wrote:
On Dec 4, 2016 8:38 PM, "Mirimir" <mirimir@riseup.net <mailto:mirimir@riseup.net>> wrote:
On 12/04/2016 04:19 PM, Steve Kinney wrote:
I don't think the FBI will gain expanded powers of surveillance;
rather, they will gain the ability to use information they already routinely gather by illegal means openly, in Court filings. Where previously they had to work around the law by using illegal methods to locate information that is admissible in Court ("parallel construction"), they will be able to take a much more direct approach.
:o/
Yes, that's reality. FBI leeches data and skills from NSA. And NSA does whatever it wants to. US is always at war. And there are no laws in war.
Yep, unhappily both are correct and the reality is very very sad, worse than my nightmares and fears. :(
On the brighter side, direct action politics is on the rise in the U.S. at present. The NeoLiberal Democratic party has split its base, by deliberately disenfranchising Sanders supporters in its own ranks. Up for grabs and up for action, this faction appears to be mobilizing: According to Federal Election Commission filings, active duty military personnel and DoD employees were the top block of private contributors to the Sanders campaign. Now 3,000 veterans have shown up at Standing Rock and the Administration appears to have backed down from removing them by force. It is too early to imagine that this is a sign of major populist uprisings to come, but we are heading into "interesting times" in 2017. :o) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJYRK/FAAoJEECU6c5Xzmuqz0sH/05DGiKwjVqdCGeq1Oje0R3Z KjLC1sJG5vifMT70YNF+55HEN7Dc/XNCZPXR+0c51HbtisBHp0Lto9BLMyQXdV3K Y5lRW5/Wyq2zOAgFimPTmq8OWr71bMy9ewf7gQisF/IGD/RixbVc/OKYqef9tFTI iQfn4Qj+uAUQKWxzXyybHB+Nm/xF8f7ipOuj9jSRgFYxrGqnaM7OXDUw2hSkm+1S 0qjtEioLLgVwJibgmCq1U/DzoPzRrNomhA4jnOY2uJfHzuG+BhQC3dfRuAUtJkc5 OK2f32CAgo5qljqMvl8CEr0dWSL5TaIZQbvPmg620til3WW495X3h9cwGjMUcXU= =XAG8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----