{"id":6647,"date":"2015-03-19T08:14:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T13:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=6647"},"modified":"2015-03-19T08:14:38","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T13:14:38","slug":"fbi-moves-to-broaden-hacking-authority-google-says-it-poses-monumental-constitutional-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=6647","title":{"rendered":"FBI Moves to Broaden Hacking Authority \u2013 Google Says it Poses \u201cMonumental Constitutional Concern\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/2015\/03\/18\/fbi-moves-to-broaden-hacking-authority-google-says-it-poses-monumental-constitutional-concern\/\" target=\"_blank\">FBI Moves to Broaden Hacking Authority \u2013 Google Says it Poses \u201cMonumental Constitutional Concern\u201d<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>A judicial advisory panel Monday quietly approved a rule change that will broaden the FBI\u2019s hacking authority despite fears raised by Google that the amended language represents a \u201cmonumental\u201d constitutional concern.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules voted 11-1 to modify an arcane federal rule to allow judges more flexibility in how they approve search warrants for electronic data, according to a Justice Department spokesman.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The FBI wants the expanded authority, which would allow it to more easily infiltrate computer networks to install malicious tracking software.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n\u2013 From the<em>\u00a0National Review<\/em>\u00a0article:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaljournal.com\/tech\/fbi-s-plan-to-expand-hacking-power-advances-despite-privacy-fears-20150316\">FBI\u2019s Plan to Expand Hacking Power Advances Despite Privacy Fears<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">If we\u2019ve learned anything about the FBI over the past several years, it\u2019s that the agency is extraordinarily skilled at\u00a0finding<i>\u00a0<\/i>mentally ill, dead-broke young Muslims and convincing them to become terrorists and by taking part in FBI created and funded terrorist plots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">This has been a topic I\u2019ve covered on several occasions here at Liberty Blitzkrieg, with the latest example being the story of Christopher Lee Cornell, highlighted in the post:\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Permanent Link to Manufactured Terrorism \u2013 U.S. Officials Claim Credit for Stopping Another Terror Attack Created by the FBI\" href=\"http:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/2015\/01\/16\/manufactured-terrorism-u-s-officials-claim-credit-for-stopping-another-terror-attack-created-by-the-fbi\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Manufactured Terrorism \u2013 U.S. Officials Claim Credit for Stopping Another Terror Attack Created by the FBI<\/a><\/strong>. Here\u2019s an excerpt:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><em><b>Nearly every major post-9\/11 terrorism-related prosecution has involved a sting operation, at the center of which is a government informant. In these cases, the informants \u2014 who work for money or are seeking leniency on criminal charges of their own \u2014 have\u00a0crossed the line from merely observing potential criminal behavior to encouraging and assisting people to participate in plots that are largely scripted by the FBI itself. Under the FBI\u2019s guiding hand, the informants provide the weapons, suggest the targets and even initiate the inflammatory political rhetoric that later elevates the charges to the level of terrorism.<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI Moves to Broaden Hacking Authority \u2013 Google Says it Poses \u201cMonumental Constitutional Concern\u201d A judicial advisory panel Monday quietly approved a rule change that will broaden the FBI\u2019s hacking authority despite fears raised by Google that the amended language represents a \u201cmonumental\u201d constitutional concern. 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