Comments on: Is the FBI Your Friend on Facebook? http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/03/17/is-the-fbi-your-friend-on-facebook/ Author James Bovard Tue, 22 May 2012 20:12:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/03/17/is-the-fbi-your-friend-on-facebook/#comment-123004 Jim Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:31:55 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1502#comment-123004 Alpowolf - the FBI has hired lots of new analysts, so they need to generate new arrests and reports on suspects to justify the staffing level. I would be curious to know what the FBI agents on Facebook have already done to manufacture criminals..... Alpowolf - the FBI has hired lots of new analysts, so they need to generate new arrests and reports on suspects to justify the staffing level.

I would be curious to know what the FBI agents on Facebook have already done to manufacture criminals…..

]]> By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/03/17/is-the-fbi-your-friend-on-facebook/#comment-123003 Jim Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:30:44 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1502#comment-123003 Marc - the federal Freedom of Information Act is not really a law.... I have had many experiences with FOIA - a few agencies have acted honorably and diligently - but many others.... Marc - the federal Freedom of Information Act is not really a law…. I have had many experiences with FOIA - a few agencies have acted honorably and diligently - but many others….

]]> By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/03/17/is-the-fbi-your-friend-on-facebook/#comment-123002 Jim Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:29:23 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1502#comment-123002 Tom - thanks for the EFF link. They do great stuff. Tom - thanks for the EFF link. They do great stuff.

]]> By: alpowolf http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/03/17/is-the-fbi-your-friend-on-facebook/#comment-123001 alpowolf Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:28:47 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1502#comment-123001 Christ on a crutch, can't we have ANYTHING without these wankers getting their ass-scratchers into it? Can't they leave me alone for five damn minutes? Christ on a crutch, can’t we have ANYTHING without these wankers getting their ass-scratchers into it? Can’t they leave me alone for five damn minutes?

]]> By: Marc http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/03/17/is-the-fbi-your-friend-on-facebook/#comment-123000 Marc Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:09:08 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1502#comment-123000 "None of the agencies had completed processing the requests in the applicable 20-day deadline." Wouldn't it be nice if we could treat the census and our tax returns in the same manner? “None of the agencies had completed processing the requests in the applicable 20-day deadline.” Wouldn’t it be nice if we could treat the census and our tax returns in the same manner?

]]> By: IT Policy | Audit | Investigate Cyber Crime http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/03/17/is-the-fbi-your-friend-on-facebook/#comment-122999 IT Policy | Audit | Investigate Cyber Crime Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:43:54 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1502#comment-122999 <strong>Deception | Impersonation by Online Investigators...</strong> Computer Crime | Admission of Evidence Law enforcement officials, including tax auditors and probation officers, are monitoring social networks like Twitter and Foursquare for information about criminals and deadbeats. AP , "For federal fugitive, Face... Deception | Impersonation by Online Investigators…

Computer Crime | Admission of Evidence Law enforcement officials, including tax auditors and probation officers, are monitoring social networks like Twitter and Foursquare for information about criminals and deadbeats. AP , “For federal fugitive, Face…

]]> By: Tom Blanton http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/03/17/is-the-fbi-your-friend-on-facebook/#comment-122987 Tom Blanton Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:11:43 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1502#comment-122987 I've also refused to join this Facebook thing myself. I'd be more tempted to join a Get-Out-Of-My-Face Book type of site. Anyway, EFF has a page about this social network monitoring stuff and they say they will be posting more documents there if anyone wants to follow this issue. http://www.eff.org/foia/social-network-monitoring I’ve also refused to join this Facebook thing myself. I’d be more tempted to join a Get-Out-Of-My-Face Book type of site.

Anyway, EFF has a page about this social network monitoring stuff and they say they will be posting more documents there if anyone wants to follow this issue.

http://www.eff.org/foia/social-network-monitoring

]]> By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/03/17/is-the-fbi-your-friend-on-facebook/#comment-122984 Jim Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:11:14 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1502#comment-122984 "Assbook"? Hmmmm.... I suspect that that would prove very popular with some segments of the populace. “Assbook”? Hmmmm…. I suspect that that would prove very popular with some segments of the populace.

]]> By: Dirk W. Sabin http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/03/17/is-the-fbi-your-friend-on-facebook/#comment-122983 Dirk W. Sabin Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:49:50 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1502#comment-122983 Inasmuch as I've refused to join "Facebook" until they have a variant entitled "Assbook", if it ever does come to pass, we have a fail-safe identifier of the malign snoopers. Government Apparatchiks always reveal their identity in any arse photograph because their heads are impacted front and center. Inasmuch as I’ve refused to join “Facebook” until they have a variant entitled “Assbook”, if it ever does come to pass, we have a fail-safe identifier of the malign snoopers. Government Apparatchiks always reveal their identity in any arse photograph because their heads are impacted front and center.

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