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Re:CIA Director John Brennan Pretends Foreign Cryptography D... by Bartweiss on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @10:12AM (#11945709)
Notably, the Orlando shooter was even more known to security agencies than usual. He had been investigated twice and 'cleared'. After that, he was turned away from a gun store before the shooting for suspicious requests, which led to a tip the FBI didn't follow up on! Somehow, James Comey spun that as "we did everything we could".

If even that level of prior knowledge is being ignored to push for yet more data (and more false positives) it becomes really hard to believe that this request is being made on the level.

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Re:CIA Director John Brennan Pretends Foreign Cryptography D... by dsfyu404ed on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @10:52AM (#11946020)
Don't forget the time that the Russians(!) put the name of two brothers in the Boston area on a list of "people we think are up to no good" and sent that list to one of the three letter agencies.
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