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FBI used ‘software tools’ to search social media for election-related talk: analyst
NY Post ^ | 11/12/24 | Steven Nelson

Posted on 11/14/2024 10:01:09 AM PST by Libloather

WASHINGTON — House Republicans are demanding more information from the FBI about its use of “software tools” to seek out election-related speech on social media after a bureau analyst mentioned their use during a recent deposition — before being barred from saying any more by FBI lawyers.

House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) told FBI Director Christopher Wray Tuesday to hand over the information as President-elect Donald Trump’s looming return to office creates uncertainty for Wray’s future employment.

“In a transcribed interview… on October 23, 2024, an FBI Criminal Investigative Division Analyst previously assigned to the [Foreign Influence Task Force] disclosed that the FITF uses ‘software tools where [the FBI can] search open-source databases about content indicative of criminal conduct’,” Jordan wrote to Wray in a letter obtained by The Post.

Although the material was described as “open-source,” the search tools are suspected to have been developed in-house.

It’s unclear what social media sites are included in the search or how the information is compiled.

“According to the analyst’s testimony, the FBI uses this tool to monitor social media posts by users, regardless of whether the users are American citizens or foreign actors, to search for ‘content indicative of criminal conduct,'” Jordan wrote.

“The analyst further testified that the FBI shares its findings, such as the specific ‘user name and the content’ of the posts, with social media companies to censor such content accordingly.”

Jordan wrote that “[a]lthough the analyst testified that the FBI uses this tool to pursue ‘criminal conduct,’ when questioned about the nature of the software tool and the scope of the FBI’s use of it, agency counsel repeatedly prevented the analyst from fully answering the Committee’s questions.

“Therefore, we write to obtain additional information in order to understand whether the FBI has or could...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1stamendment; arrestwraytoday; censorship; defundthefbi; election; electionintegrity; electioninterference; favoritism; fbi; filtering; freedomofspeech; housejudiciary; jimjordan; media; privacy; search; social; socialmedia; software; spying; surveillance; waitingforgaetz; waronfreedomofspeech; weaponizedfbi; wraymusthang
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They'll never catch me.
1 posted on 11/14/2024 10:01:09 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

No, no no, do not make any further requests from scumbag Wray, he needs to be focused on packing his shi+ for his immenent departure.

After that, he’ll have all the time in the world to focus on requests, subpoenas, testimony, etc.


2 posted on 11/14/2024 10:04:42 AM PST by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: Libloather

Usually, when I criticize the FBI here, someone rushes to tell me about the overwhelming majority of agents who are good. If those agents are so good, why did they keep silent in the face of all this?

The FBI needs to be burned to the ground.


3 posted on 11/14/2024 10:09:54 AM PST by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: Libloather

The new FBI mantra: “Show me the man and I will show you the crime.”


4 posted on 11/14/2024 10:15:04 AM PST by Eli Kopter
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To: Libloather

Remind me about the FISA Court and having to get a warrant to spy on American citizens and only then if they are being contacted by foreign agents.

Perhaps some penalties for violating this law need to be imposed on various intelligence agencies, such as the FBI. May I suggest jail time, immediate termination of job, permanent being barred from federal employment, loss of pension, and oh yes a very public trial.


5 posted on 11/14/2024 10:23:01 AM PST by Robert357
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To: Bshaw

He needs to be set up in a perjury trap or a contempt trap. He should be very familiar with the tactics. He’s destroyed hundreds of lives using the same schemes.

EC


6 posted on 11/14/2024 10:24:35 AM PST by Ex-Con777
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To: Libloather

They must have had a field day here.


7 posted on 11/14/2024 10:29:38 AM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: Libloather

The Machine


8 posted on 11/14/2024 10:32:33 AM PST by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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To: Libloather

I’m only here for the Uranus threads anyway.


9 posted on 11/14/2024 10:34:29 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Libloather

Trump made opposing online censorship a major issue in the presidential campaign — after he was banned from most mainstream social media websites after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot in which his supporters stormed the Capitol to disrupt the electoral vote count.

“Within hours of my inauguration, I will sign an executive order banning any federal department or agency from colluding with any organization, business, or person, to censor, limit, categorize, or impede the lawful speech of American citizens,” Trump said in a December 2022 policy statement.

“I will then ban federal money from being used to label domestic speech as ‘mis-‘ or ‘dis-information’. And I will begin the process of identifying and firing every federal bureaucrat who has engaged in domestic censorship — directly or indirectly — whether they are the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and Human Services, the FBI, the DOJ, no matter who they are.”

The FBI confirmed to The Post that it received the letter and declined to comment.


no comment........................

but the did get the letter.


10 posted on 11/14/2024 10:35:58 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: brownsfan
The FBI needs to be burned to the ground.
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You really shouldn't post that...

11 posted on 11/14/2024 10:45:59 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: brownsfan

My wife has a conservative friend that now works as an FBI agent. This person was a stay-at-home military wife. Once her kids left home she joined the FBI. She’s “on our side” but not willing to stand up for the truth. I told my wife, even if it hurts her friend, all of them need to go.


12 posted on 11/14/2024 10:48:14 AM PST by The Unknown Republican
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To: The Unknown Republican

“She’s “on our side” but not willing to stand up for the truth..”

Then she’s not on our side.

Period.

L


13 posted on 11/14/2024 10:51:32 AM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Lurker

I don’t disagree.


14 posted on 11/14/2024 10:52:54 AM PST by The Unknown Republican
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To: Libloather

‘content indicative of criminal conduct,’

Like “Harris is an empty headed moron who blew her way to the top”?

Good thing I am quoting others and never said that myself.


15 posted on 11/14/2024 10:58:39 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Republicans are the party that says ‘Government doesn’t work.’ Then they get elected and prove it.)
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To: Libloather
Sounds like prior restraint.
16 posted on 11/14/2024 10:58:50 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: brownsfan

Or broken into a million pieces. Their worthwhile functions could be transferred to the U.S. Marshall’s Service, just for an example.


17 posted on 11/14/2024 11:06:00 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Libloather

I wonder how many FReepers made the cut here?


18 posted on 11/14/2024 11:39:23 AM PST by TalBlack (Time to use the Law and the Power. Good luck Mr. President.)
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To: Libloather

1775; The federal government is forbidden to impose their will on my freedom but here we are in 2024 and the gigantic government is involved in every aspect of my life.


19 posted on 11/14/2024 11:40:03 AM PST by jdt1138 (Where ever you go, there you are.)
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To: Vigilanteman
Their worthwhile functions could be transferred to the U.S. Marshall’s Service, just for an example.

Special Agents of the FBI (or whatever organization replaces it) should not be armed. Their standard investigative duties should not require weapons.

Activities that do require weapons should require armed escort by U.S Marshalls or the Federal Protective Service.

The same principle should be applied to most of the 80+ other Federal agencies who maintain armed staff. There is no way the IRS or NOAA staff should be carrying weapons.

20 posted on 11/14/2024 12:02:05 PM PST by flamberge (It turns out that you can fool most of the people, most of the time.)
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