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SecularMotion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:05 PM Original message |
Caught Spying On Student, FBI Demands GPS Tracker Back |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. What about finders keepers, losers weepers? |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Hey, you bring up a great point and some good questions: |
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Evasporque (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. More disturbing...was this warrantless spying on a U.S. Citizen....? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. According to the article, a 9th Circuit appeals court said |
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Evasporque (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Yes to plant a device....but maybe there were wiretaps in addition... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Oh, I see. Yeah, and intercepts on his mail. |
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molly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
71. That is what happened to gov blago |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #71 |
85. I didn't know the taps were illegal. n/t |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 06:11 AM Response to Reply #71 |
156. The real danger |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
64. My household phone was wiretapped back in the nineties. |
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Swagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #64 |
123. you sound pretty dangerous...asking questions |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 10:46 PM Response to Reply #64 |
146. I heard tapping and clicking noise in the 90s, too. |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 01:05 AM Response to Reply #146 |
150. My buddy found a bug after their house was raided back in the 90's |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 09:40 AM Response to Reply #146 |
160. Same here as well as one time I heard men's voices in the background. |
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cynzke (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #160 |
161. Happened To Me Too! |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #161 |
166. Did it sound like older gruff gravelly sounding men? All I could hear was a sentence that sounded |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 02:14 PM Response to Reply #160 |
165. I used to hear voices all the time, too. Tinfoil took care of that. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
139. thank you Patriot Act |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 10:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
143. Yes it was - and it's legal. The GPS tracks locations and does not |
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Just One Woman (199 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. I agree with #6 |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Do not remove this tag under penalty of law. n/t |
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thanks_imjustlurking (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
148. That was my first thought! |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Yes, anyone could plant a tracker in your car. |
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OrwellwasRight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 02:04 AM Response to Reply #25 |
152. Such a tag would inject some humor into being spied upon. |
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sfwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
49. I'd place it on a freight train... |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #49 |
138. I'm thinking stray cat. n |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 01:21 AM Response to Reply #49 |
151. I was going to say... |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
86. What if they plant it, the owner finds it, and it 'accidentally' gets put on a long haul truck? |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #86 |
114. Better still, what if it were to somehow find itself stuck to an FBI car? |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #114 |
130. Or how about if it found itself stuck to Diaper Dan Vitter's car? |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
109. I would have stuck it on a train box car. |
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Shoedogg (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 05:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
111. I'd have to agree... |
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bkozumplik (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #111 |
132. city of santa clara planted trees in everbodys yards |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. that would probably fall under "Obstruction of an official investigation" |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. The mere act of finding it, would obstruct an investigation. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Yes! I think that's sort of what I was thinking but couldn't enunciate. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. That's what I love about DU, we can all gain from one another, just by reading the comments in your |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #43 |
70. Nice! |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #70 |
81. Hi, rosesaylavee, anytime that I can enrich your day is a good day. |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #81 |
140. Phantasmagoric is one of those words that benefits from a superfluous "al". |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 03:31 AM Response to Reply #70 |
153. that's like the alumni magazine from my law school. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Abandoned property. FBI loses right to possession. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
60. Not abandoned, it was being actively used. nm |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #60 |
77. Negative-option billing? n/t |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
87. Had I found that on my car, I would've taken a hammer to it. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #87 |
94. Cubans are hotheads |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
52. That only applies when the rightful owner |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
65. Cue the weeping. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
73. Deleted message |
Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
79. I'd put a price tag on it. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #79 |
110. Yea ...sell it on Ebay. |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
124. The law as to "lost" goods is simple, it belongs to the person who LOST IT, |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 08:39 PM Response to Reply #124 |
133. That was an interesting read- thanks. I realize law-stuff I read on the Internet is... |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. Oy. Nt |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. Smash the m*therf*cker and give it back to them in a baggie! (n/t) |
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wcollar (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. GPS tracker |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Cute idea... |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
104. or better yet, thru a package carrier on an international flight lmao. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. Too bad he couldn't had wired the doorway with a way to demagnetized the device |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. I would have asked them to pay for the trip to Dubai. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. Never assume you're not being watched |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. Seems like we're determined to alienate and enrage all Arab or Muslim Americans. |
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bherrera (600 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. The guy was stupid |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Well to cut him slack he really didn't know WHAT it was and who planted it and why. |
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Locrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
46. wow |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:39 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. LOL, when I was typing that up I was thinking about how that went down. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #50 |
88. Rofl! n/t |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #46 |
162. I haven't been around anyone smoking weed since the '70s, so things may have |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
141. x |
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icnorth (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. I kind of like Fed Ex to |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. or put it on a train..or subway!! eom |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Or a boat - |
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icnorth (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. Uhh, Agent Mike... |
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NYMdaveNYI (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #47 |
74. I’d duct tape that shit to a deer. have the FBI chase it through the woods. nt |
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emmadoggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Ok, that just made me bust out laughing! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. On one of those mechanical ponies that kids ride for a quarter outside of Safeway. n/t |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
93. Nope. Go to a truck stop and plant it under someones trailer. |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. He should have talked to a lawyer and let him/her talk to the FBI. "Where is your warrant?" |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
63. That would have worked before Raygun |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. I wonder how many of us on DU are under FBI or other Fed surveillance, |
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James48 (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
39. HI MOM! n/t |
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era veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
48. You're only paranoid if it's liable not to happen. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. I had an FBI file from '67 or so...I went to a peace march in NYC one Saturday |
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era veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #51 |
69. I was at Out Now Mayday April 1971, In front of FBI BLD |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #69 |
96. I'd bet there is someone that reads this site every day, makes copious notes.... |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
66. I've had an FBI file on me since the 1980s |
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Dash87 (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
112. I seriously doubt they waste their time on a website. lol |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #112 |
121. The FBI generally doesn't do much website scraping. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 03:42 AM Response to Reply #121 |
154. Probably the NSA or similar....nt |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. if only they put that much effort into finding real criminals |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 05:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
155. Or Prosecuting the White Collar Fraud at the Too Big to Fail Banks |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
17. It's such a downer when they tell you "...you're boring." |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. start looking in the books you buy!! I found a computer chip in Jesse Ventura's book I bought! |
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gilpo (601 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. that was an anti-theft device |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. no it was not..is was very very tiny..not a door security tag..it is a computer chip! |
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RantinRavin (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. Sounds like the RFID tag |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. nope that is not what it is. eom |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #42 |
53. Yes, actually, that was what it is |
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SomeGuynTexas (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
55. "Not too paranoid here......lol.." That's an understatement. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
80. The publisher probably put it there as a publicity stunt hoping people would find it. n/t |
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Dash87 (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 06:52 AM Response to Reply #20 |
158. Are you sure it wasn't an RFID chip? |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
24. K&R |
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icnorth (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
30. Only 6 agents? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
33. Caught Spying on Student, FBI Demands GPS Tracker Back |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. "State secrets" claim in 3... 2... 1... nt |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
97. That device was probably made in China anyways.... |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #97 |
107. The surveillance company is in Canada n/t |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. good on the ACLU..I think I will give another donation today to them!! Thank god for ACLU! eom |
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Sentath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
56. ACLU |
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James48 (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
38. I bet someone who signed the hand receipt is not happy |
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jsgindc (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
44. I would of put it in 3 small ziplock bags |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
68. Love. That. n/t |
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Dash87 (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 05:59 PM Response to Reply #44 |
115. lol "wtf? Is he on a submarine?" |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
54. Any word on whether there was a warrent for this survellience? nt |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:09 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. LOL, warrents are so '90's. nm |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
57. Young, Arab and male. |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #57 |
67. A little random profiling? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
58. They need a tag on their tracking devices reading: "If you find this on your car, please drop in |
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Dash87 (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #58 |
113. Or at least have the decency to tell someone you're putting a secret tracking device on their car. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
59. He should have taken it and installed on a city bus. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
61. They want the evidence back? |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
72. He ought to put it on ebay at a foolishly high price and let them buy it back. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #72 |
83. ah yea....that would work. |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #72 |
91. Actually I was thinking he should have overnight expressed it to a friend in canada |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
75. What I want to know is why was it so big? |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. The smaller ones probably have shorter range and shorter lifetime. |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #82 |
89. Then what about the GPS units for your car? |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #89 |
99. The ones you attach to your windshield are only receivers. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #89 |
125. Good point. Maybe they require extra time to install? n/t |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #75 |
84. No kidding. That friggin thing is huge. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #75 |
98. The bulk is mostly the batteries... |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #75 |
106. 4 D Cell Batteries... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
76. It sounds like abandoned property to me. n/t |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
90. should've taken it to the local city dump. |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
92. He should have put it on a cross country truck |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
95. a private investigator put a bug in my car, |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
100. He should have dropped it in the toilet. |
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RobertBlue (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
101. The Shape of Things to Come... |
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DeadManInc (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
102. He should have taken it off and put it on someone |
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GETPLANING (370 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
103. I would have boxed it up and sent it to |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
105. If I ever find one, I'm gonna slip it into the shopping cart of the stinkiest, |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
108. Paging Pastor Niemoller! n/t |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
116. SecularMotion |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
117. What are the odds that they had a warrant for any of this? |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #117 |
145. Rogue agency is right... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
118. Hilarious, Depressing and Embarrassing all in one |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
119. Sounds like a huge waste of taxpayer dollars all the way around |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
120. bizarre! An American citizen, a student.. jeez.. I am glad the kid found it. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #120 |
127. If it was THAT big, maybe he was MEANT to find it? |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #127 |
129. That would have been extraordinarily kind and compassionate of the FBI. Are they capable of that? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
122. "You don’t need to call your lawyer. Don’t worry, you’re boring." |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
126. If I found it on my car I'd give it a drink |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #126 |
128. I'd go to a truck stop and put it on an 18-wheeler with out-of-state plates. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 06:41 AM Response to Reply #128 |
157. Actually I'd take it the shop and tear it apart and see whats inside |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
131. All wrong. You take it apart and take pictures of every component. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #131 |
134. If you put it into a steel trash can, they cannot track it |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #134 |
147. a mylar bag might also work. But destroying the device costs them money. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #147 |
164. Mylar just gave me an idea! Attach a bunch of mylar helium balloons to it and send it flying! n/t |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #131 |
144. If still in college I'd visit the electronic's department. |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
135. Be a good citizen, mail it back |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
136. just saw this story on local news. this is starting to get out of control, seriously. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
137. They gave it to him when they put it in his car, by definition. |
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Dirigo (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #137 |
142. GPS attached to student's car by FBI |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
149. Show me the warrant |
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urgk (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
159. Can't the FBI make a tracker that doesn't look like a movie prop? |
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zehnkatzen (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
163. So now they don't even care if they get caught any more? k/r n/t |
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The abyss (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
167. Frankly I love this story! |
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