Feels Like...1984? | The Coffeehouse

fdisk

ABC wrote:
The FBI is taking cues from the CIA to recruit thousands of covert informants in the United States as part of a sprawling effort to boost its intelligence capabilities.

(and later)

Other recent proposals include expanding its collection and analysis of data on U.S. persons, retaining years' worth of Americans' phone records and even increasing so-called "black bag" secret entry operations.

Hmmm...I can't see this system ever being abused.

Perplexed

I'm soooo ready to go start up my own island country somewhere in the Pacific and move there. Maybe like the Palm Islands, but on a smaller scale. With internet access. And satellite tv.

DoomBringer
Doom!

Come now comrade, surely you are ready to help the ~~KGB, the Sword and the Shield of the state,~~ FBI with its mission?

phreaks

How long until these discussions label us as official 'agitators'?

julianbenjamin
Giggity

fdisk wrote:
Now Hiring: Secret Informants

ABC wrote: The FBI is taking cues from the CIA to recruit thousands of covert informants in the United States as part of a sprawling effort to boost its intelligence capabilities.

(and later)

Other recent proposals include expanding its collection and analysis of data on U.S. persons, retaining years' worth of Americans' phone records and even increasing so-called "black bag" secret entry operations.
Hmmm...I can't see this system ever being abused.

I'm soooo ready to go start up my own island country somewhere in the Pacific and move there. Maybe like the Palm Islands, but on a smaller scale. With internet access. And satellite tv.