Judge APPROVES Warrant on DREAMHOST Protestor Web Site

[CaseHardened]

D.C. judge approves government warrant for data from anti-Trump website

About God-Damn Time.

We all know every single word that WE ever Post, ever Email, ever Text, ever even Say on the phone, is being recorded by the NSA.

It's wrong; It's illegal; It's reality.

Whether it's a Flash Mob organized to steal or assault, whether it's ANTIFA, or BLM, or the KKK, the authorities have it all.

"The U.S. Justice Department said it sought the records connected to the site amid concerns that it helped facilitate the planning of protests on Inauguration Day in which more than 200 people were arrested for rioting and vandalizing businesses in downtown Washington."

Find them, arrest them, fine them, imprison them.

 

[gun_slinger_boy]

Find them, arrest them, fine them, imprison them.

A colossal task at the least and will be an invasion of privacy for many. Can't say I agree with this one.

 

[CaseHardened]

A colossal task at the least and will be an invasion of privacy for many. Can't say I agree with this one.

I may have misread the story, but I thought they were targeting just 200 of them.

Which would sound about right.

Even in the largest crowd, most of these assholes just show up in hopes of getting laid.

At least that's how it worked in the sixties


And, you take out 200, next time 2000 don't show.

 

[Saltwater60]

I may have misread the story, but I thought they were targeting just 200 of them.

Which would sound about right.

Even in the largest crowd, most of these assholes just show up in hopes of getting laid.

At least that's how it worked in the sixties


And, you take out 200, next time 2000 don't show.

Sure, but don't forget if Trump does it to these people obamas people will do it to us.

 

[gun_slinger_boy]

They already have the 200 from the protest. They want to investigate the other 1.3 million visits to the site and see if anyone else can be connected to conspiring in the riots. Look at it this way. What if say 10 members on this forum conspired to do something illegal and got arrested. Then later on the feds wanted to investigate months worth of visits and posts to see if anyone else could be linked to the illegal activity. What if you had nothing to do with that activity? Would you want them to read all your posts and see what you discuss on here?

 

[CaseHardened]

Sure, but don't forget if Trump does it to these people obamas people will do it to us.

I'm pretty sure they HAVE been doing it.

And don't forget, at least THIS TIME, they have an actual WARRANT. It's no different than a Phone Tap or intercepting Mail at the PO (they do that, too).

 

[CaseHardened]

They already have the 200 from the protest. They want to investigate the other 1.3 million visits to the site and see if anyone else can be connected to conspiring in the riots. Look at it this way. What if say 10 members on this forum conspired to do something illegal and got arrested. Then later on the feds wanted to investigate months worth of visits and posts to see if anyone else could be linked to the illegal activity. What if you had nothing to do with that activity? Would you want them to read all your posts and see what you discuss on here?

I write every word with the full expectation it's being saved to my file.

You should, too.

 

[capitalcrew]

Just here to say that dreamhost is terrible and anyone using it should feel bad.

 

[spat]

I guess my opinion on this depends on how broad the warrant is.

If it says they are looking for the PMs from the 200 arrested rioters, then I'm good with it. If thry are casting a much wider net, probably not.

 

[Podmonkey]

They went to a judge, warrant was issued, due process has been followed. Now let the heads roll.

 

[Rap]

D.C. judge approves government warrant for data from anti-Trump website

About God-Damn Time.

We all know every single word that WE ever Post, ever Email, ever Text, ever even Say on the phone, is being recorded by the NSA.

It's wrong; It's illegal; It's reality.

Whether it's a Flash Mob organized to steal or assault, whether it's ANTIFA, or BLM, or the KKK, the authorities have it all.

"The U.S. Justice Department said it sought the records connected to the site amid concerns that it helped facilitate the planning of protests on Inauguration Day in which more than 200 people were arrested for rioting and vandalizing businesses in downtown Washington."

Find them, arrest them, fine them, imprison them.

Anyone advocating for the wholesale collection of all 1.3 million visitors to the site hates freedom.

It appears the judge has limited to scope to the 4 months between October and January. Then the government must also explain how any records used are relevant:

"Besides reviewing the prosecutors' privacy protocols, Morin also shortened the time frame for records to those generated from October to Inauguration Day and instructed the prosecutors to explain why anything they want to seize is germane to the investigation."