Could double as an FR Zot image.
Posted on 09/03/2015 6:24:50 AM PDT by rktman
The FBI has admitted to gathering secret intelligence about the annual Burning Man festival since 2010.
In response to a request under the 2012 Freedom of Information Act, the security service said its Special Events Management unit has kept files on festival-goers, known as 'burners' - to 'aid in the prevention of terrorist activites and intelligence collection'.
But the FBI's 16-page response to the question by Inkoo Kang is heavily redacted, with information about the technology being used to secretly gather the information being blanked out.
The revelation comes as the 29th Burning Man takes place in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
The FBI document describes the festival as a 'cultural and artisan event, which promote (sic) free expression by the participants'.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
P.S. Wow. The dailymail headlines are SOOOOOOOO long.
Female Body Inspectors: Just there to check out the knockers...
I’ve seem pics of some of the participants. Not SI worthy in a lot of cases.
As pagan a festival as anything the Druids ever managed.
Could double as an FR Zot image.
What does that say about the fbi then? Five years and no conclusions yet? Or are the field agents “reporting” they need more time to continue the fact finding. (wink wink)
How are the fellow travelers going to blame this on Bush if it started in 2010? I’m sure they’ll find a way . . .
i knew a girl that went. She was a freak!!
she was 38 the last time we talked. We weren’t working together anymore so when she asked me why i think she’s not married yet, I told her “because you let men use you like drive in McDonalds, you sleep with men with diseases and do drugs often. Men dont take you seriously they take you for a quick good night.
She was angry. Haven’t talked since.
So, the F the B and the I has the resources to check out a counter-culture festival in northern Nevada, but no resources to check out the reported muslim terrorist training sites around the country. Pathetic!
OOoooooooo, pretty!
You wont get it until you go. I was hesitant at first too but many supet successful people recommended it to me.
I’ve been three times so far and missed this year by a hair. I’m an engineer and go with a band of similar top professionals. It’s basically an open space to do anything and try new ideas with plenty of people willing to try anything.
My last time was spent 100% sober in lectures, workshops and simply speaking to people I thought interesting along my path. I have several patents attributable to my experiences there. Most top creative firms send teams of people there to explore for ideas.
Yes, there are lectures on very counterculture topics and many new ideas are born here. It’s very understandable why the ruling class would want their agents to infiltrate.
If you want to anger a conservative lie to him, but if you really want to totally piss off a liberal, tell the truth!
The FBI agents attending the Burning Man are just making up for missing Woodstock.
“It’s been a looong tiiime coming...”
“It’s gonna be a lo-ong time gone...”
It’s pretty obvious that “intelligence gathering” at events like this are mainly for creating dossiers on folks who might later rise to positions of wealth and influence. You never know when you might like to have some indescretions or alternative thinkings to trot out against someone!
We used to play that in a band I was in several years ago. Even though I detest csny and even walked out of one of their shows(free tickets so I didn’t lose anything) about 3 songs in since they just couldn’t stop with the “America Sucks” theme. Even though they had AIM tables set up out side selling t-shirts for $30 each. Yeah, America really sucks. If so, why do so many still come here un-asked and in a lot of cases un-wanted. Anyway, burners, now you know why there are guys in suits just ambling around on the playa.
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton, and numerous individuals calling for open season on murder of police officers are still running around loose.
“Fry the pigs like bacon”. Shouted in jest. Just kidding. We would never endorse hurting law enforcement officers. “Say, your fingers aren’t crossed behind your back are they?”
The thing is, nobody really gives a damn about those “indiscretions” anymore.
There’s pretty much nothing that our last few Presidents *haven’t* done.
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