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The security scrutiny is really so thorough that taking up a new apparent hobby gets flagged? That’s impressive.
The answer is probably "Yes" if you work at CIA
I don't think you know what you are talking about.
FBI arrests CIA official with $40M in gold bars in his home
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How would they know you went out to the woods?
Smartphone will report it.
Leave it at home obviously, or carry a burner, or just turn it off and put it in a metal lunch box etc. Solutions galore. This would only be a problem if every CIA employee is under surveillance.
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Because, for someone with any kind of security clearance, suddenly going out to the woods, if you don't normally go out to the woods, would be a major outlier from your highly-scrutinized and documented regular life; and so could easily lead the FBI to finding your buried gold, without having to get any kind of warrant.
Isn't the FBI investigating deaths and disappearances of people with critical access to sensitive material and only found out about it from a newspaper? How much resources do you think are put into monitoring every aspect of the lives of people with access to sensitive info? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/deaths-disappearances-scientist...
They are under the impression that the FBI and CIA are still functioning bodies of government
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> nobody would be that stupid to store the valuables at home within the first six months after the „acquisition“. But where else would you keep it? A safe-deposit box at a bank? I think, if I received illegitimate gold bars and figured the FBI might look into that, I would choose to keep them somewhere where a judge would think twice before issuing a search warrant for. Judges don't generally just issue search warran…
> Judges don't generally just issue search warrants for residences willy-nilly What are you on about, searching homes is the #1 criminal investigation technique once you're able to name a suspect.
It's funny, some people commenting here seem to be a bit lost.
It's also obvious from the article that his home was indeed searched.
The idea that the government would not obtain a warrant if they suspect you of stealing millions...
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#228In a weird reversal to Conway's law, the organizational structure of the US government has started to resemble the software it uses [0].
[0]: https://www.globalnerdy.com/2011/07/03/org-charts-of-the-big...
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#229He just needs to profess his love for our country (the president, you know how Trump says attacks on him are attacks on the whole country) and may be say he has dirt on the deep state or hasan piker or something. Trump will be inviting him to the white house where he can steal from the government and tax payers in a more sanctioned way.
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#230Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because, for someone with any kind of security clearance, suddenly going out to the woods, if you don't normally go out to the woods, would be a major outlier from your highly-scrutinized and documented regular life; and so could easily lead the FBI to finding your buried gold, without having to get any kind of warrant.
Isn't the FBI investigating deaths and disappearances of people with critical access to sensitive material and only found out about it from a newspaper? How much resources do you think are put into monitoring every aspect of the lives of people with access to sensitive info? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/deaths-disappearances-scientist...
Those deaths and disappearances is a big non-story if you actually look in to the details of the cases. The media is making a big deal out of it because the headline grabs eyeballs. So since the media is making a big deal about it the FBI now has to say and do something.