"Although not connected, officials say the FBI and Justice Department had to coordinate the timing of the two cases so that arrests would not cause suspects to get cold feet with their intention to conduct their operations."
what kind of messed up logic is that? If the FBI hesitated, a suspect MAY NOT HAVE COMMITTED THE CRIME for which they' were arrested.
from the first paragraph of the NYT source article:
"...according to two people interviewed by the government and another briefed on such interviews...."
later:
"Even though the Justice Department has the power to bring criminal charges, witnesses who have been interviewed have been told by investigators that they are pursuing a civil case."
“People should be careful if they have a terabyte of data to back-up,” Douglas said. “They should manage their consumption carefully, and do it over time.”
fuck everything about that.
translation: "did you recently buy a hard drive for less than $100, and expect to use it? comcast may not be for you".
Labour MP Tom Watson, who has been highlighting the phone-hacking scandal at the paper for two years, said: "Rupert Murdoch did not close the News of the World. It is the revulsion of families up and down the land as to what they got up to. It was going to lose all its readers and it had no advertisers left. They had no choice."
While they were unable to prevent him from boarding w/ a fraudulent boarding pass, TSA was able to confirm that this guy has an enormous pair of balls.
Like most kindle shoppers, I see this pretty regularly. It's especially galling that they still display the difference between list and kindle as 'savings':
"You Save: $4.01 (29%)" from the price we're NOT EVEN CHARGING.
'Frankly, I wish HuffPo would "aggregate" more of our stories because it is the single biggest driver of traffic we've ever seen. It beats every other big driver of traffic by many multiples. '
On the post: North Carolina Tells Blogger That Providing Dietary Advice Is Illegal, Blogger Tells NC To Read The 1st Amendment
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regimen
On the post: NYTimes Realizes That The FBI Keeps Celebrating Breaking Up Its Own Terrorist Plots
FBI Supplies Cleveland 'Anarchists' with Fake Bombs, Arrests Them
On the post: NYTimes Realizes That The FBI Keeps Celebrating Breaking Up Its Own Terrorist Plots
Busy FBI Arrest Two More in Terror Stings
what kind of messed up logic is that? If the FBI hesitated, a suspect MAY NOT HAVE COMMITTED THE CRIME for which they' were arrested.
Sounds like thoughtcrime.
On the post: No That Won't Backfire At All: Questionable Story About Obama's Daughter Disappears From The Web
Obama daughter safe after Mexico earthquake
On the post: Find A Vulnerability In Apple Software; Lose Your License As An Apple Developer
Re: False Blame
If you find a vulnerability, then sell it to the highest bidder.
On the post: Interesting Timing: News Leaks That Justice Dept Is Investigating S&P Just After It Downgrades US?
from the first paragraph of the NYT source article:
"...according to two people interviewed by the government and another briefed on such interviews...."
later:
"Even though the Justice Department has the power to bring criminal charges, witnesses who have been interviewed have been told by investigators that they are pursuing a civil case."
On the post: Does The FBI Really Use Surveillance Vans With WiFi SSIDs Saying 'FBI_SURVEILLANCE_VAN'?
On the post: House Committee Approves 'Keep Every American's Digital Data for Submission to the Federal Government Without a Warrant Act of 2011'
"write your congressman..."
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
On the post: Music Industry Wants To Put 'Red Lights' In Google For Sites It Says Support Infringement
On the post: Guy Kicked Off Comcast For Using Too Many Cloud Services
“People should be careful if they have a terabyte of data to back-up,” Douglas said. “They should manage their consumption carefully, and do it over time.”
fuck everything about that.
translation: "did you recently buy a hard drive for less than $100, and expect to use it? comcast may not be for you".
On the post: Trolls: The Town Drunks Of The Internet
On the post: Murdochs' Latest Attempt At Crisis Control: Kill Off News Of The World
Labour MP Tom Watson, who has been highlighting the phone-hacking scandal at the paper for two years, said: "Rupert Murdoch did not close the News of the World. It is the revulsion of families up and down the land as to what they got up to. It was going to lose all its readers and it had no advertisers left. They had no choice."
On the post: US Airways Employee Handles Complaining Passenger The 'TSA Way'
typo in the next-to-last sentence of article: should be "..US Airways' black eye..."
On the post: TSA Can Grope Dying Old Ladies; But Can't Catch Guy Boarding Flight Illegally?
checked baggage
On the post: So The FBI Can Just Take A Copy Of All Instapaper User Data With No Recourse?
So The FBI Can Just Take A Copy Of All Instapaper User Data With No Recourse?
what did I win? hey, where are you going w/ my server?
On the post: 'Economics In One Lesson' Apparently Doesn't Include Pricing; Kindle Version Most Expensive
"You Save: $4.01 (29%)" from the price we're NOT EVEN CHARGING.
On the post: Brazilian Police To Use Facial Recognition Glasses To Spot Criminals... But Does It Even Work?
On the post: UK 'Superinjunction' Bans Anyone From Identifying Plaintiff In Libel Case
http://boingboing.net/2011/03/11/notorious-financier.html
On the post: Uncensored Previously Censored FOIA Documents Reveal DHS Officials Found Politically Censoring FOIA Requests CRAZY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2B6SjMh_w
On the post: NYTimes: When We Do It, It's Journalism, When HuffPo Does It, It's 'Piracy'
best sentence of this article / on this topic:
Next >>