FBI Spies on Student, Retrieves GPS Device

CBS NEWS.com ^ | October 8, 2010 6:17 PM | n/a

[Cindy]

Hat Tip:

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/204306.php

October 08, 2010
“Don’t worry, you’re boring.”

[Stayfrosty]

I posted this earlier under Front Page News.

[aces]

What else would a diligent force do with someone named Yasir?

[Cindy]

www.reddit.com/user/khaledthegypsy

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Previously...

http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/dmh5s/does_this_mean_the_fbi_is_after_us/

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[brushcop]

Wow, that’s not nearly as compact as I thought they would be, I’ll start looking for more obvious gear taped to the truck!

[MamaDearest]

Fascinating article Cindy. Thanks for the thread. Boring my foot!

[Cindy]

I ran some key words and title words and couldn’t find it.
Sorry about that.
Can you add your url to this thread?

Thanks.

[Cindy]

Ok, I checked your posts and got it.

Quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2604057/posts

FBI allegedly caught using GPS to spy on student
CNN ^ | 10-08-2010 | Kim Zetter
Posted on October 8, 2010 12:27:44 PM PDT by Stayfrosty

(Wired) — A California student got a visit from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation this week after he found a secret GPS tracking device on his car, and a friend posted photos of it online.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...

[bigbob]

Once he discovered the device, he should have slapped that sucker on the first garbage truck he saw.

[Cindy]

Smiling at you MamaDearest.

[Blood of Tyrants]

According to Wired.com, Afifi cooperated with the officials, maintaining that he not done anything to provoke the FBI's attention.

Yea, right. Want to bet that someone in his family or his mosque has terrorist ties?

[Cindy]

ON THE INTERNET:

http://foxync.com/national/kclark2/arab-american-man-takes-car-to-mechanic-finds-fbi-tracking-device-in-car/

http://gawker.com/5658671/dont-post-pictures-of-an-fbi-tracking-device-you-find-on-a-car-to-the-internet

[Cindy]

ADDING TO “You’re boring...” post no. 2:

http://www.dailytech.com/FBI+Gets+Busted+Spying+on+ArabAmerican+Student+Demands+Tracker+Back/article19838.htm

“FBI Gets Busted Spying on Arab-American Student With Tracking Device”
Jason Mick (Blog) - October 8, 2010 11:50 AM

SNIPPET: “The FBI also indicated that aside from concerns about Mr. Afifi’s father, it also might be investigating Mr. Afifi because of a blog post that one of his college friends wrote that involved “something to do with a mall or a bomb.” The friend, Khaled (who helped Mr. Afifi post on Reddit), recalls writing “something stupid”, but says it wasn’t anything serious. Mr. Afifi defends his friend, stating, “He’s a smart kid and is not affiliated with anything extreme and never says anything stupid like that. I’ve known that guy my whole life.”

Now the FBI may be the ones facing the heat. Mr. Afifi has retained a high profile lawyer — Zahra Billoo of the Council on American Islamic Relations . He comments, “The idea that [government monitoring[ escalates to this level is unusual. We take about one new case each week relating to FBI or law enforcement visits [to clients]. Generally they come to the individual’s house or workplace, and there are issues that arise from that.””

[Tainan]

The tracking device itself is about the size of 2 pks of cigarettes. The long thing is a battery pack. Looks like an extra-big battery pack. These things can be wired into a line using the vehicles electrical power which negates the need for the external battery unit.
(thats how most professionals do it...or so I'm told)

[La Lydia]

Super duper. We can’t even do anything about them when they talk about planning to blow up malls.

[microgood]

He should have sold in on Ebay.

[freekitty]

Ok, there must be a reason they are spying on him.

[PGalt]

Interesting comments at reddit via mypetjawa, Cindy. Thanks for posting.

[brushcop]

Thanks for that. The battery pack size is surprising given today’s technology on all things electronic.