FBI to gain expanded hacking powers as Senate effort to block fails

Steve Kinney admin at pilobilus.net
Sun Dec 4 16:07:33 PST 2016


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On 12/04/2016 06:56 PM, Cecilia Tanaka wrote:
> On Dec 4, 2016 8:38 PM, "Mirimir" <mirimir at riseup.net 
> <mailto:mirimir at 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)


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