Posted on 09/08/2015 7:29:08 AM PDT by SleeperCatcher
(NationalSecurity.news) The FBI will send undercover agents to the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada to test new “intelligence collecting” technology aimed at combating “terrorist activities,” something the agency has admitted it has done since 2010.
In response to a Freedom of Information Act request in 2012, the FBI said its Special Events Management unit has been maintaining files on attendees of the alternative lifestyle festival, who are known as “burners,” in an attempt to “aid in the prevention of terrorist activities and intelligence collection.”
However, much of the FBI’s 16-page response to the FOIA request is heavily redacted, the Daily Mail noted, with information about the kind of technology being used to secretly gather data blanked out.
The revelation that the FBI has been spying on the event for years came as the annual festival kicked off in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. The FBI document described the event as a “cultural and artisan event, which promote [sic] free expression by the participants.”
FBI officials said the agency’s involvement at Burning Man was “even more critical in the light of the ongoing war on terrorism and the potential for additional acts of terrorism being committed in the United States.”
However, the agency noted later in its document that the “greatest known threat in this event is crowd control issues and use of illegal drugs by participants.”
The heavily-redacted document says the FBI’s Las Vegas office will work with appropriate local law enforcement agencies regarding the information that it will gather on burners.
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“Intelligence collecting” with photos of all the naked chicks.
A tough job, but, heck, SOMEBODY’S gotta do it.
They're looking for intelligence - at Burning Man!? Not a chance!
I wonder if this effort will include some of the same team that was on World of Warcraft, looking for subversives. I’m OK with this actually. Much better use of their time and our money than Ruby Ridge or Waco.
What's your sign?
Ares
(scribbling hastily while looking like he's not .... ) ."enemy"
Remember 18 months ago when DHS busted a Boston strip club for fake NFL merch?
Our spookies are managed by high school boys playing flinch and buying x-ray goggs from the back of comic mags.
RIDICULOUS.
UNPROFESSIONAL.
GHETTO.
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Well, now that the “festival” is over can the fbi report any sign of intelligence found? You would think some conclusion had been reached since they’ve been going undercover since 2010. I can report first hand that there are a bunch of ‘burners’ back in town and the odor of patchouli oil, stale marijuana, B.O., and playa dust is HUGE!
Back to the good old days of keeping an eye on hippies.
Naked chicks who dont shave, shower and are most likely on recreational drugs.
LOL! Apparently they’ve been ‘refining’ their techniques for 5 years now. “Field agents gone wild!”
Examine that title one more time:
FBI testing 'intelligence collecting' technology at the Burning Man event in Nevada
As if the collection against Tea Party groups, patriot groups, and conservatives wasn't extensive enough??
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Exactly. All they are going to collect is a bunch of pictures of 20 year old kids smoking pot and having sex. And if they are unlucky, they’ll get a couple pictures of dirty old 60-something hippies smoking pot and having sex.
Hey man, have you forgotten when naked stoner chicks attacked us on 9-11?! Uh, wait a minute. I'm confused. That's not what happened.
Yep, that pesky “freedom of association” thing. Better check it out.
We all know who the real threat are, don’t we? Its not the muslims, they are the nicest people.
I just watched "The Fifth Element" (again) last night. There's a crack-up scene where the naked gal is in some kind of decompression(?) chamber and the head guy says "Take some pictures of that." and then as an afterthought, says (words to the effect) "For the archives".
Can anyone imagine the smell emanating from this place.
Smelly high drunken hippies.
The only thing they will find are smelly hipsters and their artsy fartsy creations derived from copious amounts of mushrooms and cocaine.
The spirit of J. Edgar lives on.
You’d think they could find something productive to do; are there really that many ragheads at Burning Man???
You *do* remember that Ruby Ridge and Waco were ATF operations, right?
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