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Is the FBI now in the same situation as the CIA and NSA... overloaded/oversaturated with data to the point where they are becoming paralyzed?

Perhaps the FBI is overloaded. But if they are, they need to beef up their staff as soon as possible, since, according to reports that I have heard, they are dependent for the most part on tips from citizens. If they have to ignore tips because they are overloaded, then we are in big trouble.

If they have to ignore tips because they are overloaded, then we are in big trouble.

I would hope that the FBI and other national security organizations are recruiting big time. I fear we may have been caught with our pants down. I'm inclined to believe that hiring on to the FBI requires a lengthy screening process.

After lurking for about a decade I decided to join tonight so I could tell my story on this thread. Saturday night I kept seeing a spammer posting hundreds of messages on many newsgroups. The messages were disjointed phrases making no real sentences. They contained many references to 'FBI' 'CIA' 'DEA' 'president' 'kill' 'black bags' 'nuclear' 'virulent' 'trains' 'crytography' ,etc. etc. After reading them for several hours I made the call to the FBI hotline. I had first tracked down the posters' ISP, IP, name and location.

I got the same kind of detached, mellow response from the FBI operator. BUT!! Within an hour the posts stopped. This was nearly MIDNIGHT on Saturday. Sunday morning all the posts had been pulled from the ISP. The poster has not been heard from in the last four days. Take heart, the FBI is following up and very quickly!