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A white supremacist website got hacked, airing all its dirty laundry

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Re: A white supremacist website got hacked, airing all its dirty laundry

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Popular thought I often hear users wondering: Are these actually white supremacists or are these FEDs?

I remember the FBI noted, a couple years back, that white supremacists have successfully infiltrated law-enforcement organizations. I wouldn't expect the FBI to be imune to infiltration.

Re: A white supremacist website got hacked, airing all its dirty laundry

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post #4

Popular thought I often hear users wondering: Are these actually white supremacists or are these FEDs?

I remember the FBI noted, a couple years back, that white supremacists have successfully infiltrated law-enforcement organizations. I wouldn't expect the FBI to be imune to infiltration.

People that crave authority are often drawn to jobs like this, age old problem. Yet I firmly believe that intelligence agencies are more and more abused for political play and that this trend has increased.

Re: A white supremacist website got hacked, airing all its dirty laundry

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I remember the FBI noted, a couple years back, that white supremacists have successfully infiltrated law-enforcement organizations. I wouldn't expect the FBI to be imune to infiltration.

People that crave authority are often drawn to jobs like this, age old problem. Yet I firmly believe that intelligence agencies are more and more abused for political play and that this trend has increased.

The most important requisite for working in a position of power should be not wanting to work in a position of power.

Re: A white supremacist website got hacked, airing all its dirty laundry

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“Friday’s published report said that the leak comprised about 400GB of data and came from a self-hosted instance of RocketChat, an open source chat server that’s similar to Slack and Discord. It’s only the latest example of a hate group being hacked and its private discussions being dumped online. In 2019, the breach of the Iron March website revealed, among other things, that many of its members were members of the US Marines, Navy, Army, and military reserves.”

Re: A white supremacist website got hacked, airing all its dirty laundry

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Popular thought I often hear users wondering: Are these actually white supremacists or are these FEDs?

The supposed kidnapping plot against the governor of Michigan is illustrative. Three-quarters of the conspirators in that case were actual undercover federal agents or paid informants.

Re: A white supremacist website got hacked, airing all its dirty laundry

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post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People that crave authority are often drawn to jobs like this, age old problem. Yet I firmly believe that intelligence agencies are more and more abused for political play and that this trend has increased.

The most important requisite for working in a position of power should be not wanting to work in a position of power.

In the SU and now Russia, we got plenty of people who don't want to work, while being in positions of power.

Re: A white supremacist website got hacked, airing all its dirty laundry

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Popular thought I often hear users wondering: Are these actually white supremacists or are these FEDs?

The supposed kidnapping plot against the governor of Michigan is illustrative. Three-quarters of the conspirators in that case were actual undercover federal agents or paid informants.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/us/whitmer-kidnapping-tri... “ Of the dozen men on that nighttime surveillance mission, four of them including “Big Dan” were either government informants or undercover F.B.I. agents, according to court documents.”

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Do you have a source for three quarters?

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