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Re:The FBI was the primary link between the intelligence com... by bbbbb5 on Sunday December 25, 2022 @03:58PM (#34131172)
>I could see a world where ‘see if it violates your own policies’ is a code for extortion with plausible deniability.

That's not the world we live in. If you reply with "Blow me", the FBI will do nothing.

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Re:The FBI was the primary link between the intelligence com... by wrycoder on Sunday December 25, 2022 @04:40PM (#34131659)
You think.

Senator Markey: “Fix your companies or Congress will.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/senator-ed-markey-tell...

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Re:The FBI was the primary link between the intelligence com... by bbbbb5 on Sunday December 25, 2022 @05:50PM (#34132330)
The Congress is obviously a completely different entity than the FBI.

If the Congress wants to force companies work with the FBI, they have the absolute power to do so.

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Re:The FBI was the primary link between the intelligence com... by wrycoder on Sunday December 25, 2022 @06:37PM (#34132719)
It's not obvious. The Beltway networks are in place.
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Re:The FBI was the primary link between the intelligence com... by bbbbb5 on Sunday December 25, 2022 @07:41PM (#34133242)
The thing about this kind of vague insinuations is that they're impossible to refute, but not necessarily impossible to show examples of. Do you have any?
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Re:The FBI was the primary link between the intelligence com... by wrycoder on Monday December 26, 2022 @12:02AM (#34134762)
In the same way that the Beltway connections are somewhat hard to pin down.

I don't have much ready to hand - and it may be hard to come up with hard proof.

There is Greenwald[0] and the infamous Homeland Security Disinformation Best Practices and Safeguards Subcommittee - here are the bios[1]. Note how interlinked these people are. They don't need to document their interactions, because they basically think alike and know what to do without specific instructions. The FBI acts as the primary point of contact from the letter agencies, as per the title if the article we are discussing. The Beltway revolving door takes care of the rest of the interactions, including providing experts to the media, so the rest of the Beltway can just listen and act.

[0] https://greenwald.substack.com/p/congress-escalates-pressure...

[1] https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2022-07/HSAC%20Disin... [pdf]

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Re:The FBI was the primary link between the intelligence com... by bbbbb5 on Monday December 26, 2022 @09:23PM (#34144301)
The executive branch essentially works for the congress, what's the issue here?
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Re:The FBI was the primary link between the intelligence com... by wrycoder on Monday December 26, 2022 @11:51PM (#34145223)
The Congress is obviously a completely different entity than the FBI.

Please make up your mind!

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Re:The FBI was the primary link between the intelligence com... by bbbbb5 on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @03:15PM (#34165363)
The FBI is a completely different entity which exists below the congress, the FBI can't really threaten you with the congress.
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Re:The FBI was the primary link between the intelligence com... by mikrotikker on Sunday December 25, 2022 @05:57PM (#34132398)
Correct the FBI may do nothing.

The IRS however might just suddenly out of nowhere complete coincidence want to crawl into all your accounts, and financial records and tax filings.

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Re:The FBI was the primary link between the intelligence com... by bbbbb5 on Sunday December 25, 2022 @06:14PM (#34132533)
Do you have evidence of this being a thing, or is this just a baseless conspiracy theory?
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