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-Lurid Crime Tales-
FBI To Begin Monitoring Of US Talk Radio For Evidence Of Crimes
2011-10-15
If you call a radio talk show and get on the air, you might be recorded by the FBI.

The FBI has awarded a $524,927 contract to a Virginia company to record as much radio news and talk programming as it can find on the Internet. The FBI says it is not playing big brother by policing the airwaves, but rather seeking access to what airs as potential evidence.
"Unless there is some reason for investigation, the federal law and the constitution still protect the rights of citizens." -- FBI agent Greg Stejskal
Turns out, Mr. Stejskal, that the constitution protects the rights of citizens before, during and after an investigation.

To be an FBI special agent you have to have a law degree. Didn't they teach this in Con Law?
Posted by:Anonymoose

#5  I can think of a way to lessen the 1.3 trillion over-spend by 524,927...
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2011-10-15 17:26  

#4  Word, word, and word.
Posted by: Secret Master   2011-10-15 16:19  

#3  Evidence that the federal government is too gawddamned big and needs to be cut down to size, starting with the DoJ.
Posted by: badanov   2011-10-15 13:48  

#2  The donks know they are going to lose and lose big in 2012. Here is the start of the suppression of "dangerous and subversive" thought and it will be used when they declare martial law before the election and send people off to re-education camps.

Kinda out there I know, but it sure smells like it and makes me paranoid.
Posted by: DarthVader   2011-10-15 13:41  

#1  Data mining - evil when Trunks do it. OK when Donk do it.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2011-10-15 13:09  

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