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Biden team may partner with private firms to surveil suspected domestic terrorists online
CNN ^

Posted on 05/03/2021 7:42:16 AM PDT by Bigtigermike

The Biden administration is considering using outside firms to track extremist chatter by Americans online, an effort that would expand the government's ability to gather intelligence but could draw criticism over surveillance of US citizens.

The Department of Homeland Security is limited in how it can monitor citizens online without justification and is banned from activities like assuming false identities to gain access to private messaging apps used by extremist groups such as the Proud Boys or Oath Keepers.

Instead, federal authorities can only browse through unprotected information on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook and other open online platforms.

The plan being discussed inside DHS, according to multiple sources, would, in effect, allow the department to circumvent those limits. A source familiar with the effort said it is not about decrypting data but rather using outside entities who can legally access these private groups to gather large amounts of information that could help DHS identify key narratives as they emerge.

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To: Bigtigermike

I hear Christopher Steele is ready and willing. Of course he won’t do any actual spying, he will just provide “dossiers” on those who don’t fully support the regime.

Or big social media will surely step and do their patriotic duty for Chairman Xi, err, Biden.


101 posted on 05/03/2021 6:05:40 PM PDT by ETCM
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To: Bigtigermike

Neither the Proud Boys nor the Oath Keepers are “extremist groups,” you liars at the Communist News Network.

If you want to investigate extremist groups, investigate Burn, Loot, Murder and Antifart.


102 posted on 05/03/2021 9:38:51 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (When does the Capitol Hill cop who killed Ashli Babbitt go on trial for murder? Crickets.)
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To: Bigtigermike

Well, ... don't chatter.

103 posted on 05/03/2021 9:52:27 PM PDT by TigersEye (Will the Younger Dryas Impact you? )
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To: Truthoverpower

Gitmo...


104 posted on 05/04/2021 3:29:27 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: RBW in PA

It is ALL fast-track communism and Naziism.


105 posted on 05/04/2021 4:28:43 AM PDT by Bill of Rights FIRST
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To: Zathras

The CIA and FBI don’t follow laws. The CIA and the FBI are the KGB, Stasi, etc.


106 posted on 05/04/2021 4:31:51 AM PDT by Bill of Rights FIRST
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To: a fool in paradise

The CIA is the source of all supposed “news” (all fake, half truths, major facts ommissions, etc.)


107 posted on 05/04/2021 4:33:35 AM PDT by Bill of Rights FIRST
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To: dforest

They have us all disjointed in various ways so us patriots/freedom fighters have no way to inhibit nor stop them. That is all part of their entirely EVIL orchestrated plans to take down America.


108 posted on 05/04/2021 4:36:13 AM PDT by Bill of Rights FIRST
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To: RatRipper
this is an evil abuse of power.

Yes, and if we let it happen we are complicit in destroying our children's future.

109 posted on 05/04/2021 5:01:04 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: DoughtyOne

They are both: Nazi Germany and the U.S.S.R., etc.


110 posted on 05/04/2021 6:56:18 AM PDT by Bill of Rights FIRST
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To: Mouton

Not a new government. The Bill of Rights (FIRST) and the Constitution need to be followed as our founders wrote.


111 posted on 05/04/2021 1:16:39 PM PDT by Bill of Rights FIRST
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To: volunbeer
'C'mon man, “no amendment to the constitution is absolute.”

On the other hand, the right to an abortion (not in an amendment to the Constitution) is absolute.

Please thank Uncle Joe's handlers.

112 posted on 05/04/2021 2:29:56 PM PDT by BruceS
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To: Bigtigermike

I’m pretty sure the government is banned from paying for/contracting private companies to do something the government is banned from doing in the first place.


113 posted on 05/04/2021 9:51:00 PM PDT by Svartalfiar
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

Ueah, FreeRepublic will be one of the first stops. It has two forbidden words as its name.


114 posted on 05/05/2021 5:22:58 AM PDT by Crucial ( )
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To: Bigtigermike

Coming soon to your HOA


115 posted on 05/05/2021 5:28:30 AM PDT by Jolla
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To: Bigtigermike

The China model.


116 posted on 05/05/2021 4:19:00 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Socialism- Institutionalized Deprivation)
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To: Svartalfiar

“I’m pretty sure the government is banned from paying for/contracting private companies to do something the government is banned from doing in the first place.”

Unless you’re being sarcastic, kindly remember offshore rendition and PMCs.


117 posted on 05/05/2021 9:10:46 PM PDT by BTerclinger (MAGA! (See my FR page for links to MDs & RX for pre-hospital Covid treatment & prophylaxis).)
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To: Bigtigermike

Welcome to Biden’s Banana Republic!


118 posted on 05/06/2021 5:27:45 AM PDT by Chgogal (Hey Biden, I am a loyal supporter of the Biden's Banana Republic!)
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To: RBW in PA

The Dems are following Vladimir Putin’s playbook on suppressing dissent.


119 posted on 05/06/2021 2:25:28 PM PDT by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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To: Bigtigermike; Chode

The same thing they are doing with UFO/USO/ATTIP Programs.

Hire Private Contractors to circumvent the FOIA Laws. Private Entities are not subjected to any FOIA Rules/Laws.

Private Contractors give Americans the GIANT MIDDLE FINGER !!! (as does the goobermutt)

And they both overcharge each other and the AMERICAN PEOPLE get F’ED TWICE...


120 posted on 05/06/2021 8:57:08 PM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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