FBI Requesting Data from Reddit?

[Millard]

Regardless of whether or not their intention would be to monitor "terrorism", all federal entities will undoubtedly abuse this legal authority to further monitor other illegal activities throughout the forum, and seek to prosecute. Steroid uses and dealers will likely become targets in this situation. It will spread like a virus. They're moving in further on this cyber battleground against drugs.

The "terrorism laws" were always intended to be used in the war on drugs. The fear of terrorism was exploited to push sweeping law enforcement powers that never would have otherwise been approved. For example...

United States Attorney General Praises Use of Terrorism Laws to Disrupt Illegal HGH Market

 

[Spooby]

The "terrorism laws" were always intended to be used in the war on drugs. The fear of terrorism was exploited to push sweeping law enforcement powers that never would have otherwise been approved. For example...

United States Attorney General Praises Use of Terrorism Laws to Disrupt Illegal HGH Market

Damnit, I knew it. Here we go again, eh?

 

[Spooby]

I wonder if this and the recent Jacksonville bust are related

 

[Millard]

I wonder if this and the recent Jacksonville bust are related

The Jintropin case was 8 or 9 years ago. I just used it as an early example of terrorism laws being used in war on drugs (steroids).

 

[Bradly]

welp, still, all things being equal. theres weapon sales and fake ids (prolly other docs too) bein peddled over there not to mention sched 1s if you look in the right subreddits.
also, if I may be so bold almost all the sources over at sst are shit. they start out good, then go to shit, then exit scam ( or ironically get banned like accusource). there are a couple good sources over there, why they're there I dunno, no rent I guess. Also the free speech aspect of sst has gone to shit as well. Asking questions gets you shit on. I still check sst daily, but I cant remember the last time I found somethin useful. I go to reddit for the pr0n, I go to eroids for source info, and that friends,says it all.

 

[master.on]

Regardless of whether or not their intention would be to monitor "terrorism", all federal entities will undoubtedly abuse this legal authority to further monitor other illegal activities throughout the forum, and seek to prosecute. Steroid uses and dealers will likely become targets in this situation. It will spread like a virus. They're moving in further on this cyber battleground against drugs.

I've heard the FBI can investigate steroid selling on its own as long as there is at least one DEA agent in the final raid.
But steroids are low priorities for the DEA, let alone the FBI.

 

[Weston]

I didn't know about this... they're encroaching on our rights a little more every day it seems like... how do government entities assume this is going to end for them? Where Will the line be drawn in this country that separates the desire for security and our need for freedom?

Civil war round II? I don't doubt it's coming in my life time. Crooked bastards gravitate towards seats of power, and what better melting pot than the United states government?

Damn shame...

Unfortunately 'we the people' will allow this to happen in the guise of fighting terrorism. Look at how much power we gave the government after 9/11. Even though we were told these powers are temporary, once they have it, they never let go. Most people see how overreaching the Patriot Act is to us. What freedoms will be handed over to the government after the next large attack? We might not even need a large attack. Perhaps all they have to say is that the terrorist are selling items over the Internet to fund an attack on American soil. At that point they will demand a back door to every encryption technology and for us all to have an official internet id that is linked to our ssn.

Is that too much tinfoil hat for you? As the maxim goes: "Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't after you"