In Which My Identity Is Sought by Federal Grand Jury Subpoena

Post by jack9 » Mon, Oct 30, 2017, 5:31 AM UTC

gumby wrote: post #40

jack9 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Techdirt is a self-proclaimed rumor mill. Taking a particular viewpoint and expounding on it endlessly as proper context, leaves a lot of telltale quips like how "clueless" actors are being. Postmortems years later consistently show a misunderstanding of what the goals were and why the actions seemed misdirected. The DoJ almost always has a strategy. With the litany of secret processes the US Government navigates, th…

> Techdirt is a self-proclaimed rumor mill. Really? I've been reading it pretty regularly since the year it started (20 years ago) and wouldn't characterize it that way at all. One of the authors is quite snarky, true, but Masnick, the founder, isn't. > The DoJ almost always has a strategy. With the litany of secret processes the US Government navigates, there's no reason to think that they are acting "crazy" when we…

> I've been reading it pretty regularly since the year it started (20 years ago) and wouldn't characterize it that way at all.

My account was purged sometime in the last 10 years, so whatever.

Here's Mike Masnick responding to me... https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20050809/2227209.shtml?thr...

Post by jack9 » Mon, Oct 30, 2017, 5:52 AM UTC

Jesus_Jones wrote: post #49

jack9 wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can think of 3 without any knowledge of a specific case. Potential Delay (in clarifying this matter against the case at large), Proof of Effort, FISA routinely allows for incomplete filings and go forward anyway. They aren't the only court to do this. Pope's publicity might help squash this, but it's up to a judge to allow it or not. After the information is garnered, an appeal court can overturn it and nobody can…

your comments above sound reasonable, but your characterization of tech dirt as a rumor site is wrong in my opinion. They consistently find cases of government overreach and attempts to skirt the law. If anything, they'd be supportive of your comment above "My advice is to get familiar with how far the US intelligence community has fallen out of jurisprudence."

> https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20050809/2227209.shtml?thr...

Mike Masnick had an interesting response.

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