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Seeing as warrantless wiretapping is clearly unconstitutional, it's thoroughly inappropriate to be doing it at all.

Warrantless wiretapping for national security purposes has been found Constitutional by courts repeatedly. You don't know what you are talking about.

Intelligence Court Releases Ruling in Favor of Warrantless Wiretapping

A special federal appeals court yesterday released a rare declassified opinion that backed the government's authority to intercept international phone conversations and e-mails from U.S. soil without a judicial warrant, even those involving Americans, if a significant purpose is to collect foreign intelligence.

Why We Endorsed Warrantless Wiretaps

the special FISA appeals court, which in a 2002 sealed case upholding the constitutionality of the Patriot Act held that "the President did have inherent authority to conduct warrantless searches to obtain foreign intelligence information." The court said it took the president's power "for granted," observing that "FISA could not encroach on the President's constitutional power."

For your viewing pleasure, some of the more recent developments regarding would be "Jihadis" in the US:

Yet again: Fort Hood Suspect Mentions al Qaeda Cleric Believed to Have Inspired Previous Attack, Official Says

A U.S. serviceman is in custody after he allegedly admitted he was planning an attack on his fellow servicemen at the U.S. Army base at Fort Hood, Texas, the same base where 13 people were killed in a 2009 terror attack.

Reservist Charged in '10 Building Shootings

WASHINGTON â" The Marine Corps reservist arrested in Arlington National Cemetery last week with suspicious materials in his backpack was charged Thursday with firing shots last year at five military buildings in the Washington area, including the Pentagon.

Investigators said they linked the reservist, Yonathan Melaku, to the shootings by determining that the bullet fragments recovered at those scenes came from the same gun as the spent shell casings found in his backpack last week.

Minneapolis Man Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Offense - July 18, 2011

Pennsylvania Man Indicted for Soliciting Jihadists to Kill Americans - July 14, 2011

Accused al Shabaab Leader Charged with Providing Material Support to al Shabaab and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula - July 5, 2011

Two Men Charged in Plot to Attack Seattle Military Processing Center - June 23, 2011

Chicago Businessman Tahawwur Hussain Rana Guilty of Providing Material Support to Terror Group and Supporting Role in Denmark Terrorism Conspiracy - June 9, 2011

No

Seeing as warrantless wiretapping is clearly unconstitutional, it's thoroughly inappropriate to be doing it at all.

Warrantless wiretapping for national security purposes has been found Constitutional by courts repeatedly. You don't know what you are talking about.

Intelligence Court Releases Ruling in Favor of Warrantless Wiretapping

A special federal appeals court yesterday released a rare declassified opinion that backed the government's authority to intercept international phone conversations and e-mails from U.S. soil without a judicial warrant, even those involving Americans, if a significant purpose is to collect foreign intelligence.

Why We Endorsed Warrantless Wiretaps

the special FISA appeals court, which in a 2002 sealed case upholding the constitutionality of the Patriot Act held that "the President did have inherent authority to conduct warrantless searches to obtain foreign intelligence information." The court said it took the president's power "for granted," observing that "FISA could not encroach on the President's constitutional power."

For your viewing pleasure, some of the more recent developments regarding would be "Jihadis" in the US:

Yet again: Fort Hood Suspect Mentions al Qaeda Cleric Believed to Have Inspired Previous Attack, Official Says

A U.S. serviceman is in custody after he allegedly admitted he was planning an attack on his fellow servicemen at the U.S. Army base at Fort Hood, Texas, the same base where 13 people were killed in a 2009 terror attack.

Reservist Charged in '10 Building Shootings

WASHINGTON â" The Marine Corps reservist arrested in Arlington National Cemetery last week with suspicious materials in his backpack was charged Thursday with firing shots last year at five military buildings in the Washington area, including the Pentagon.

Investigators said they linked the reservist, Yonathan Melaku, to the shootings by determining that the bullet fragments recovered at those scenes came from the same gun as the spent shell casings found in his backpack last week.

Minneapolis Man Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Offense - July 18, 2011

Pennsylvania Man Indicted for Soliciting Jihadists to Kill Americans - July 14, 2011

Accused al Shabaab Leader Charged with Providing Material Support to al Shabaab and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula - July 5, 2011

Two Men Charged in Plot to Attack Seattle Military Processing Center - June 23, 2011

Chicago Businessman Tahawwur Hussain Rana Guilty of Providing Material Support to Terror Group and Supporting Role in Denmark Terrorism Conspiracy - June 9, 2011

No

Seeing as warrantless wiretapping is clearly unconstitutional, it's thoroughly inappropriate to be doing it at all.

Warrantless wiretapping for national security purposes has been found Constitutional by courts repeatedly. You don't know what you are talking about.

Intelligence Court Releases Ruling in Favor of Warrantless Wiretapping

A special federal appeals court yesterday released a rare declassified opinion that backed the government's authority to intercept international phone conversations and e-mails from U.S. soil without a judicial warrant, even those involving Americans, if a significant purpose is to collect foreign intelligence.

Why We Endorsed Warrantless Wiretaps

the special FISA appeals court, which in a 2002 sealed case upholding the constitutionality of the Patriot Act held that "the President did have inherent authority to conduct warrantless searches to obtain foreign intelligence information." The court said it took the president's power "for granted," observing that "FISA could not encroach on the President's constitutional power."

For your viewing pleasure, some of the more recent developments regarding would be "Jihadis" in the US:

Yet again: Fort Hood Suspect Mentions al Qaeda Cleric Believed to Have Inspired Previous Attack, Official Says

A U.S. serviceman is in custody after he allegedly admitted he was planning an attack on his fellow servicemen at the U.S. Army base at Fort Hood, Texas, the same base where 13 people were killed in a 2009 terror attack.

Reservist Charged in '10 Building Shootings

WASHINGTON â" The Marine Corps reservist arrested in Arlington National Cemetery last week with suspicious materials in his backpack was charged Thursday with firing shots last year at five military buildings in the Washington area, including the Pentagon.

Investigators said they linked the reservist, Yonathan Melaku, to the shootings by determining that the bullet fragments recovered at those scenes came from the same gun as the spent shell casings found in his backpack last week.

Minneapolis Man Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Offense - July 18, 2011

Pennsylvania Man Indicted for Soliciting Jihadists to Kill Americans - July 14, 2011

Accused al Shabaab Leader Charged with Providing Material Support to al Shabaab and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula - July 5, 2011

Two Men Charged in Plot to Attack Seattle Military Processing Center - June 23, 2011

Chicago Businessman Tahawwur Hussain Rana Guilty of Providing Material Support to Terror Group and Supporting Role in Denmark Terrorism Conspiracy - June 9, 2011

No

Seeing as warrantless wiretapping is clearly unconstitutional, it's thoroughly inappropriate to be doing it at all.

Warrantless wiretapping for national security purposes has been found Constitutional by courts repeatedly. You don't know what you are talking about.

Intelligence Court Releases Ruling in Favor of Warrantless Wiretapping

A special federal appeals court yesterday released a rare declassified opinion that backed the government's authority to intercept international phone conversations and e-mails from U.S. soil without a judicial warrant, even those involving Americans, if a significant purpose is to collect foreign intelligence.

Why We Endorsed Warrantless Wiretaps

the special FISA appeals court, which in a 2002 sealed case upholding the constitutionality of the Patriot Act held that "the President did have inherent authority to conduct warrantless searches to obtain foreign intelligence information." The court said it took the president's power "for granted," observing that "FISA could not encroach on the President's constitutional power."

For your viewing pleasure, some of the more recent developments regarding would be "Jihadis" in the US:

Yet again: Fort Hood Suspect Mentions al Qaeda Cleric Believed to Have Inspired Previous Attack, Official Says

A U.S. serviceman is in custody after he allegedly admitted he was planning an attack on his fellow servicemen at the U.S. Army base at Fort Hood, Texas, the same base where 13 people were killed in a 2009 terror attack.

Reservist Charged in '10 Building Shootings

WASHINGTON â" The Marine Corps reservist arrested in Arlington National Cemetery last week with suspicious materials in his backpack was charged Thursday with firing shots last year at five military buildings in the Washington area, including the Pentagon.

Investigators said they linked the reservist, Yonathan Melaku, to the shootings by determining that the bullet fragments recovered at those scenes came from the same gun as the spent shell casings found in his backpack last week.

Minneapolis Man Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Offense - July 18, 2011

Pennsylvania Man Indicted for Soliciting Jihadists to Kill Americans - July 14, 2011

Accused al Shabaab Leader Charged with Providing Material Support to al Shabaab and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula - July 5, 2011

Two Men Charged in Plot to Attack Seattle Military Processing Center - June 23, 2011

Chicago Businessman Tahawwur Hussain Rana Guilty of Providing Material Support to Terror Group and Supporting Role in Denmark Terrorism Conspiracy - June 9, 2011

No

Seeing as warrantless wiretapping is clearly unconstitutional, it's thoroughly inappropriate to be doing it at all.

Warrantless wiretapping for national security purposes has been found Constitutional by courts repeatedly. You don't know what you are talking about.

Intelligence Court Releases Ruling in Favor of Warrantless Wiretapping

A special federal appeals court yesterday released a rare declassified opinion that backed the government's authority to intercept international phone conversations and e-mails from U.S. soil without a judicial warrant, even those involving Americans, if a significant purpose is to collect foreign intelligence.

Why We Endorsed Warrantless Wiretaps

the special FISA appeals court, which in a 2002 sealed case upholding the constitutionality of the Patriot Act held that "the President did have inherent authority to conduct warrantless searches to obtain foreign intelligence information." The court said it took the president's power "for granted," observing that "FISA could not encroach on the President's constitutional power."

For your viewing pleasure, some of the more recent developments regarding would be "Jihadis" in the US:

Yet again: Fort Hood Suspect Mentions al Qaeda Cleric Believed to Have Inspired Previous Attack, Official Says

A U.S. serviceman is in custody after he allegedly admitted he was planning an attack on his fellow servicemen at the U.S. Army base at Fort Hood, Texas, the same base where 13 people were killed in a 2009 terror attack.

Reservist Charged in '10 Building Shootings

WASHINGTON â" The Marine Corps reservist arrested in Arlington National Cemetery last week with suspicious materials in his backpack was charged Thursday with firing shots last year at five military buildings in the Washington area, including the Pentagon.

Investigators said they linked the reservist, Yonathan Melaku, to the shootings by determining that the bullet fragments recovered at those scenes came from the same gun as the spent shell casings found in his backpack last week.

Minneapolis Man Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Offense - July 18, 2011

Pennsylvania Man Indicted for Soliciting Jihadists to Kill Americans - July 14, 2011

Accused al Shabaab Leader Charged with Providing Material Support to al Shabaab and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula - July 5, 2011

Two Men Charged in Plot to Attack Seattle Military Processing Center - June 23, 2011

Chicago Businessman Tahawwur Hussain Rana Guilty of Providing Material Support to Terror Group and Supporting Role in Denmark Terrorism Conspiracy - June 9, 2011

No

Seeing as warrantless wiretapping is clearly unconstitutional, it's thoroughly inappropriate to be doing it at all.

Warrantless wiretapping for national security purposes has been found Constitutional by courts repeatedly. You don't know what you are talking about.

Intelligence Court Releases Ruling in Favor of Warrantless Wiretapping

A special federal appeals court yesterday released a rare declassified opinion that backed the government's authority to intercept international phone conversations and e-mails from U.S. soil without a judicial warrant, even those involving Americans, if a significant purpose is to collect foreign intelligence.

Why We Endorsed Warrantless Wiretaps

the special FISA appeals court, which in a 2002 sealed case upholding the constitutionality of the Patriot Act held that "the President did have inherent authority to conduct warrantless searches to obtain foreign intelligence information." The court said it took the president's power "for granted," observing that "FISA could not encroach on the President's constitutional power."

For your viewing pleasure, some of the more recent developments regarding would be "Jihadis" in the US:

Yet again: Fort Hood Suspect Mentions al Qaeda Cleric Believed to Have Inspired Previous Attack, Official Says

A U.S. serviceman is in custody after he allegedly admitted he was planning an attack on his fellow servicemen at the U.S. Army base at Fort Hood, Texas, the same base where 13 people were killed in a 2009 terror attack.

Reservist Charged in '10 Building Shootings

WASHINGTON â" The Marine Corps reservist arrested in Arlington National Cemetery last week with suspicious materials in his backpack was charged Thursday with firing shots last year at five military buildings in the Washington area, including the Pentagon.

Investigators said they linked the reservist, Yonathan Melaku, to the shootings by determining that the bullet fragments recovered at those scenes came from the same gun as the spent shell casings found in his backpack last week.

Minneapolis Man Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Offense - July 18, 2011

Pennsylvania Man Indicted for Soliciting Jihadists to Kill Americans - July 14, 2011

Accused al Shabaab Leader Charged with Providing Material Support to al Shabaab and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula - July 5, 2011

Two Men Charged in Plot to Attack Seattle Military Processing Center - June 23, 2011

Chicago Businessman Tahawwur Hussain Rana Guilty of Providing Material Support to Terror Group and Supporting Role in Denmark Terrorism Conspiracy - June 9, 2011

No

Tamil Tigers were, they invented the suicide vest.

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2008/january/tamil_tigers011008

These threats come directly from the Tea Party which is holding President Obama hostage on the budget. They simply do not want Obama to pass a budget. They view the Obama Presidency as illegitimate. They want to overthrow the US government.

Why don't you have a look at what their strategy is:

1. From the FBI https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2010/april/sovereigncitizens_041310

2. From a leaked videofrom one of their meetings. http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1029116/pg1

3. From YouTube ()

4. From one of their

Bullshit. That's called "profiling". It doesn't work and violates rights.

and lemme explain to you why your statement is bullshit.

http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_terrorists

Take a look at these pictures. I don't think your 95 year old grandmother or your 6 year old daughter look like any of the people shown in these pictures.

This is simple police work. You're looking for people who ... well ... look middle eastern. So THAT's the people you're gonna check. Simple police work.

and stop calling this basic police procedure "profiling". it's not. you're looking for people who have certain characteristics, so then obviously you are not gonna check people who do not fit these characteristics. basic police work.

that's why the tsa (and airport security in other countries as well) should be replaced with people who know how to interview people and pick out the "bad" apples. there are plenty of people who have these skills. I know for a fact that the Koninklijke Marechaussee in the Netherlands has people in their ranks, who can easily pick out the "bad" apples (drug dealers, etc.) from a long queue of people. these are the kind of people you want as airport security. not the people the tsa employs.

I hate when an obviously trolly statement is actually the 100% truth.

I think I'll go back to sticking my head in the sand, a much happier place there.

According to the fine report, there were 3,194 wiretaps authorized in 2010. That is roughly 1 wiretap for every 94,000 Americans. On average 118 people's communications were intercepted per wiretap (no doubt including pizza delivery, crank calls, and telemarketing).

So tell me, when did you become overwhelmed with fear and despair? Was it crossing the line of 1 wiretap for every 100,000 Americans to 1 wiretap for every 94,000 Americans? Personally, I would expect that genuine fascism and oppression would result in numbers more like 1 for every 100 to 200 Americans rather than 1 for every 94,000.

"Security theater" has nothing on "civil rights theater", and trolls love theater.

Some recent terrorism arrests, convictions, and developments:
Terrorist plot averted in Seattle at military recruiting station
Sources: Reservist Suspected in Military Shootings Self-Radicalized Through Internet
Chicago Businessman Tahawwur Hussain Rana Guilty of Providing Material Support to Terror Group and Supporting Role in Denmark Terrorism Conspiracy
North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Charge
FBI Announces Identity of Transitional Federal Government Checkpoint Suicide Bomber
Two Iraqi Nationals Indicted on Federal Terrorism Charges in Kentucky

Terrorism is a deliberate human activity, not a random natural phenomenon.

I hate when an obviously trolly statement is actually the 100% truth.

I think I'll go back to sticking my head in the sand, a much happier place there.

According to the fine report, there were 3,194 wiretaps authorized in 2010. That is roughly 1 wiretap for every 94,000 Americans. On average 118 people's communications were intercepted per wiretap (no doubt including pizza delivery, crank calls, and telemarketing).

So tell me, when did you become overwhelmed with fear and despair? Was it crossing the line of 1 wiretap for every 100,000 Americans to 1 wiretap for every 94,000 Americans? Personally, I would expect that genuine fascism and oppression would result in numbers more like 1 for every 100 to 200 Americans rather than 1 for every 94,000.

"Security theater" has nothing on "civil rights theater", and trolls love theater.

Some recent terrorism arrests, convictions, and developments:
Terrorist plot averted in Seattle at military recruiting station
Sources: Reservist Suspected in Military Shootings Self-Radicalized Through Internet
Chicago Businessman Tahawwur Hussain Rana Guilty of Providing Material Support to Terror Group and Supporting Role in Denmark Terrorism Conspiracy
North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Charge
FBI Announces Identity of Transitional Federal Government Checkpoint Suicide Bomber
Two Iraqi Nationals Indicted on Federal Terrorism Charges in Kentucky

Terrorism is a deliberate human activity, not a random natural phenomenon.

I hate when an obviously trolly statement is actually the 100% truth.

I think I'll go back to sticking my head in the sand, a much happier place there.

According to the fine report, there were 3,194 wiretaps authorized in 2010. That is roughly 1 wiretap for every 94,000 Americans. On average 118 people's communications were intercepted per wiretap (no doubt including pizza delivery, crank calls, and telemarketing).

So tell me, when did you become overwhelmed with fear and despair? Was it crossing the line of 1 wiretap for every 100,000 Americans to 1 wiretap for every 94,000 Americans? Personally, I would expect that genuine fascism and oppression would result in numbers more like 1 for every 100 to 200 Americans rather than 1 for every 94,000.

"Security theater" has nothing on "civil rights theater", and trolls love theater.

Some recent terrorism arrests, convictions, and developments:
Terrorist plot averted in Seattle at military recruiting station
Sources: Reservist Suspected in Military Shootings Self-Radicalized Through Internet
Chicago Businessman Tahawwur Hussain Rana Guilty of Providing Material Support to Terror Group and Supporting Role in Denmark Terrorism Conspiracy
North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Charge
FBI Announces Identity of Transitional Federal Government Checkpoint Suicide Bomber
Two Iraqi Nationals Indicted on Federal Terrorism Charges in Kentucky

Terrorism is a deliberate human activity, not a random natural phenomenon.

I hate when an obviously trolly statement is actually the 100% truth.

I think I'll go back to sticking my head in the sand, a much happier place there.

According to the fine report, there were 3,194 wiretaps authorized in 2010. That is roughly 1 wiretap for every 94,000 Americans. On average 118 people's communications were intercepted per wiretap (no doubt including pizza delivery, crank calls, and telemarketing).

So tell me, when did you become overwhelmed with fear and despair? Was it crossing the line of 1 wiretap for every 100,000 Americans to 1 wiretap for every 94,000 Americans? Personally, I would expect that genuine fascism and oppression would result in numbers more like 1 for every 100 to 200 Americans rather than 1 for every 94,000.

"Security theater" has nothing on "civil rights theater", and trolls love theater.

Some recent terrorism arrests, convictions, and developments:
Terrorist plot averted in Seattle at military recruiting station
Sources: Reservist Suspected in Military Shootings Self-Radicalized Through Internet
Chicago Businessman Tahawwur Hussain Rana Guilty of Providing Material Support to Terror Group and Supporting Role in Denmark Terrorism Conspiracy
North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Charge
FBI Announces Identity of Transitional Federal Government Checkpoint Suicide Bomber
Two Iraqi Nationals Indicted on Federal Terrorism Charges in Kentucky

Terrorism is a deliberate human activity, not a random natural phenomenon.

http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/usama-bin-laden

it's still listed on the fbi top ten list.

it does specify for information leading to the arrest or apprehension of

The FBI did investigate and chose to not press any charges, since they didn't have "criminal intent", which is of course bullshit. They broke the law, and there are penalties for illegal wiretapping, both with and without criminal intent.

Here is a nice study on the FBI's web site about terrorism from ~2005. Scroll to the bottom. There's a list of every officially classified terrorist act on US soil since 1980 (up till the 2005 study date obviously). While 9/11 is certainly by far the single largest and most destructive (both to life and property) of these acts, I think you'll find that nothing even close to half of them were committed by Islamists. Even if you add in the Islamist stuff that's happened since 2005, you still won't get them to half of the total or even close to it.

Yes, extremist Islamic terrorism is currently on the upswing. Yes, thanks to the huge body count of 9/11 they've killed more US citizens than any other type of terrorist (though not for lack of trying by other groups in some cases). Yes, their attempts are more spectacular in general than simple arson, pipe bombs, or vandalism. No, Islamist terrorists have not committed the majority, nor even close to the majority of terrorist acts on US soil. Not even in recent years.

At least we can count on both the Republicans and Democrats to stop their partisan bickering for a moment, and reach across the isle in solidarity to screw the American public over.

Because nothing tells the American public that they've been "screwed" like:

Not having hundreds of passenger jets shot out of the sky by surface to air missiles
Oddly enough, this is also covered under a new law passed after 9/11 - shall we start the bitching about that too? Oooh, those Feds! Oooh... %()*#)($% Bush!!

(Reuters) - A California man who was the first person indicted under a law passed after the September 11, 2001 attacks that bans importing missiles able to shoot down airplanes, was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison.

Not having Talib Islam blow up a federal court with a one ton tuck bomb
Not having Farooque Ahmed bomb the subway
Not having Ferid "Yousef” Imam set off his Improvised Explosive Device
Disrupting Nadeem Akhtar's plan to illegally export nuclear processing equipment to..... Pakistan.
Interrupting the violent Jihad plots of “JihadJane" and company..... very interesting.
Preventing Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari from using a large Improvised Explosive Device
Jailing Zachary Adam Chesser for threats against South Park and attempting to support al Shabaab
Convicting Russell Defreitas and coconspirator Abdul Kadir for a plot to blow up JFK Airport

Hmmmm... only back to mid Feb 2011....and this probably isn't everything..... lets skip back to November 2010.

Not getting blown up at a Christmas tree lighting by Mohamed Osman Mohamud

Imagine how "cheated" the American public feels without all those explosions going off?

By the way.... I'll let you in on a little secret... OK, two secrets.

First, for those that crave them, terrorist attacks are kind of like potato chips.... it seldom stops with just one.

Second, NSA cares if somebody in the US is in direct communication with members of terrorist organizations. That's terrorist organizations that are trying to kill people, not illegal mp3 downloaders, Ron Paul/Dennis Kucinich voters, members of the people's pop tart party, or gold fish fetishists.

As to civil liberties, the fact that these were published tells me we are probably in pretty good shape overall.

At least we can count on both the Republicans and Democrats to stop their partisan bickering for a moment, and reach across the isle in solidarity to screw the American public over.

Because nothing tells the American public that they've been "screwed" like:

Not having hundreds of passenger jets shot out of the sky by surface to air missiles
Oddly enough, this is also covered under a new law passed after 9/11 - shall we start the bitching about that too? Oooh, those Feds! Oooh... %()*#)($% Bush!!

(Reuters) - A California man who was the first person indicted under a law passed after the September 11, 2001 attacks that bans importing missiles able to shoot down airplanes, was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison.

Not having Talib Islam blow up a federal court with a one ton tuck bomb
Not having Farooque Ahmed bomb the subway
Not having Ferid "Yousef” Imam set off his Improvised Explosive Device
Disrupting Nadeem Akhtar's plan to illegally export nuclear processing equipment to..... Pakistan.
Interrupting the violent Jihad plots of “JihadJane" and company..... very interesting.
Preventing Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari from using a large Improvised Explosive Device
Jailing Zachary Adam Chesser for threats against South Park and attempting to support al Shabaab
Convicting Russell Defreitas and coconspirator Abdul Kadir for a plot to blow up JFK Airport

Hmmmm... only back to mid Feb 2011....and this probably isn't everything..... lets skip back to November 2010.

Not getting blown up at a Christmas tree lighting by Mohamed Osman Mohamud

Imagine how "cheated" the American public feels without all those explosions going off?

By the way.... I'll let you in on a little secret... OK, two secrets.

First, for those that crave them, terrorist attacks are kind of like potato chips.... it seldom stops with just one.

Second, NSA cares if somebody in the US is in direct communication with members of terrorist organizations. That's terrorist organizations that are trying to kill people, not illegal mp3 downloaders, Ron Paul/Dennis Kucinich voters, members of the people's pop tart party, or gold fish fetishists.

As to civil liberties, the fact that these were published tells me we are probably in pretty good shape overall.

At least we can count on both the Republicans and Democrats to stop their partisan bickering for a moment, and reach across the isle in solidarity to screw the American public over.

Because nothing tells the American public that they've been "screwed" like:

Not having hundreds of passenger jets shot out of the sky by surface to air missiles
Oddly enough, this is also covered under a new law passed after 9/11 - shall we start the bitching about that too? Oooh, those Feds! Oooh... %()*#)($% Bush!!

(Reuters) - A California man who was the first person indicted under a law passed after the September 11, 2001 attacks that bans importing missiles able to shoot down airplanes, was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison.

Not having Talib Islam blow up a federal court with a one ton tuck bomb
Not having Farooque Ahmed bomb the subway
Not having Ferid "Yousef” Imam set off his Improvised Explosive Device
Disrupting Nadeem Akhtar's plan to illegally export nuclear processing equipment to..... Pakistan.
Interrupting the violent Jihad plots of “JihadJane" and company..... very interesting.
Preventing Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari from using a large Improvised Explosive Device
Jailing Zachary Adam Chesser for threats against South Park and attempting to support al Shabaab
Convicting Russell Defreitas and coconspirator Abdul Kadir for a plot to blow up JFK Airport

Hmmmm... only back to mid Feb 2011....and this probably isn't everything..... lets skip back to November 2010.

Not getting blown up at a Christmas tree lighting by Mohamed Osman Mohamud

Imagine how "cheated" the American public feels without all those explosions going off?

By the way.... I'll let you in on a little secret... OK, two secrets.

First, for those that crave them, terrorist attacks are kind of like potato chips.... it seldom stops with just one.

Second, NSA cares if somebody in the US is in direct communication with members of terrorist organizations. That's terrorist organizations that are trying to kill people, not illegal mp3 downloaders, Ron Paul/Dennis Kucinich voters, members of the people's pop tart party, or gold fish fetishists.

As to civil liberties, the fact that these were published tells me we are probably in pretty good shape overall.

At least we can count on both the Republicans and Democrats to stop their partisan bickering for a moment, and reach across the isle in solidarity to screw the American public over.

Because nothing tells the American public that they've been "screwed" like:

Not having hundreds of passenger jets shot out of the sky by surface to air missiles
Oddly enough, this is also covered under a new law passed after 9/11 - shall we start the bitching about that too? Oooh, those Feds! Oooh... %()*#)($% Bush!!

(Reuters) - A California man who was the first person indicted under a law passed after the September 11, 2001 attacks that bans importing missiles able to shoot down airplanes, was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison.

Not having Talib Islam blow up a federal court with a one ton tuck bomb
Not having Farooque Ahmed bomb the subway
Not having Ferid "Yousef” Imam set off his Improvised Explosive Device
Disrupting Nadeem Akhtar's plan to illegally export nuclear processing equipment to..... Pakistan.
Interrupting the violent Jihad plots of “JihadJane" and company..... very interesting.
Preventing Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari from using a large Improvised Explosive Device
Jailing Zachary Adam Chesser for threats against South Park and attempting to support al Shabaab
Convicting Russell Defreitas and coconspirator Abdul Kadir for a plot to blow up JFK Airport

Hmmmm... only back to mid Feb 2011....and this probably isn't everything..... lets skip back to November 2010.

Not getting blown up at a Christmas tree lighting by Mohamed Osman Mohamud

Imagine how "cheated" the American public feels without all those explosions going off?

By the way.... I'll let you in on a little secret... OK, two secrets.

First, for those that crave them, terrorist attacks are kind of like potato chips.... it seldom stops with just one.

Second, NSA cares if somebody in the US is in direct communication with members of terrorist organizations. That's terrorist organizations that are trying to kill people, not illegal mp3 downloaders, Ron Paul/Dennis Kucinich voters, members of the people's pop tart party, or gold fish fetishists.

As to civil liberties, the fact that these were published tells me we are probably in pretty good shape overall.

At least we can count on both the Republicans and Democrats to stop their partisan bickering for a moment, and reach across the isle in solidarity to screw the American public over.

Because nothing tells the American public that they've been "screwed" like:

Not having hundreds of passenger jets shot out of the sky by surface to air missiles
Oddly enough, this is also covered under a new law passed after 9/11 - shall we start the bitching about that too? Oooh, those Feds! Oooh... %()*#)($% Bush!!

(Reuters) - A California man who was the first person indicted under a law passed after the September 11, 2001 attacks that bans importing missiles able to shoot down airplanes, was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison.

Not having Talib Islam blow up a federal court with a one ton tuck bomb
Not having Farooque Ahmed bomb the subway
Not having Ferid "Yousef” Imam set off his Improvised Explosive Device
Disrupting Nadeem Akhtar's plan to illegally export nuclear processing equipment to..... Pakistan.
Interrupting the violent Jihad plots of “JihadJane" and company..... very interesting.
Preventing Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari from using a large Improvised Explosive Device
Jailing Zachary Adam Chesser for threats against South Park and attempting to support al Shabaab
Convicting Russell Defreitas and coconspirator Abdul Kadir for a plot to blow up JFK Airport

Hmmmm... only back to mid Feb 2011....and this probably isn't everything..... lets skip back to November 2010.

Not getting blown up at a Christmas tree lighting by Mohamed Osman Mohamud

Imagine how "cheated" the American public feels without all those explosions going off?

By the way.... I'll let you in on a little secret... OK, two secrets.

First, for those that crave them, terrorist attacks are kind of like potato chips.... it seldom stops with just one.

Second, NSA cares if somebody in the US is in direct communication with members of terrorist organizations. That's terrorist organizations that are trying to kill people, not illegal mp3 downloaders, Ron Paul/Dennis Kucinich voters, members of the people's pop tart party, or gold fish fetishists.

As to civil liberties, the fact that these were published tells me we are probably in pretty good shape overall.

At least we can count on both the Republicans and Democrats to stop their partisan bickering for a moment, and reach across the isle in solidarity to screw the American public over.

Because nothing tells the American public that they've been "screwed" like:

Not having hundreds of passenger jets shot out of the sky by surface to air missiles
Oddly enough, this is also covered under a new law passed after 9/11 - shall we start the bitching about that too? Oooh, those Feds! Oooh... %()*#)($% Bush!!

(Reuters) - A California man who was the first person indicted under a law passed after the September 11, 2001 attacks that bans importing missiles able to shoot down airplanes, was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison.

Not having Talib Islam blow up a federal court with a one ton tuck bomb
Not having Farooque Ahmed bomb the subway
Not having Ferid "Yousef” Imam set off his Improvised Explosive Device
Disrupting Nadeem Akhtar's plan to illegally export nuclear processing equipment to..... Pakistan.
Interrupting the violent Jihad plots of “JihadJane" and company..... very interesting.
Preventing Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari from using a large Improvised Explosive Device
Jailing Zachary Adam Chesser for threats against South Park and attempting to support al Shabaab
Convicting Russell Defreitas and coconspirator Abdul Kadir for a plot to blow up JFK Airport

Hmmmm... only back to mid Feb 2011....and this probably isn't everything..... lets skip back to November 2010.

Not getting blown up at a Christmas tree lighting by Mohamed Osman Mohamud

Imagine how "cheated" the American public feels without all those explosions going off?

By the way.... I'll let you in on a little secret... OK, two secrets.

First, for those that crave them, terrorist attacks are kind of like potato chips.... it seldom stops with just one.

Second, NSA cares if somebody in the US is in direct communication with members of terrorist organizations. That's terrorist organizations that are trying to kill people, not illegal mp3 downloaders, Ron Paul/Dennis Kucinich voters, members of the people's pop tart party, or gold fish fetishists.

As to civil liberties, the fact that these were published tells me we are probably in pretty good shape overall.

At least we can count on both the Republicans and Democrats to stop their partisan bickering for a moment, and reach across the isle in solidarity to screw the American public over.

Because nothing tells the American public that they've been "screwed" like:

Not having hundreds of passenger jets shot out of the sky by surface to air missiles
Oddly enough, this is also covered under a new law passed after 9/11 - shall we start the bitching about that too? Oooh, those Feds! Oooh... %()*#)($% Bush!!

(Reuters) - A California man who was the first person indicted under a law passed after the September 11, 2001 attacks that bans importing missiles able to shoot down airplanes, was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison.

Not having Talib Islam blow up a federal court with a one ton tuck bomb
Not having Farooque Ahmed bomb the subway
Not having Ferid "Yousef” Imam set off his Improvised Explosive Device
Disrupting Nadeem Akhtar's plan to illegally export nuclear processing equipment to..... Pakistan.
Interrupting the violent Jihad plots of “JihadJane" and company..... very interesting.
Preventing Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari from using a large Improvised Explosive Device
Jailing Zachary Adam Chesser for threats against South Park and attempting to support al Shabaab
Convicting Russell Defreitas and coconspirator Abdul Kadir for a plot to blow up JFK Airport

Hmmmm... only back to mid Feb 2011....and this probably isn't everything..... lets skip back to November 2010.

Not getting blown up at a Christmas tree lighting by Mohamed Osman Mohamud

Imagine how "cheated" the American public feels without all those explosions going off?

By the way.... I'll let you in on a little secret... OK, two secrets.

First, for those that crave them, terrorist attacks are kind of like potato chips.... it seldom stops with just one.

Second, NSA cares if somebody in the US is in direct communication with members of terrorist organizations. That's terrorist organizations that are trying to kill people, not illegal mp3 downloaders, Ron Paul/Dennis Kucinich voters, members of the people's pop tart party, or gold fish fetishists.

As to civil liberties, the fact that these were published tells me we are probably in pretty good shape overall.

At least we can count on both the Republicans and Democrats to stop their partisan bickering for a moment, and reach across the isle in solidarity to screw the American public over.

Because nothing tells the American public that they've been "screwed" like:

Not having hundreds of passenger jets shot out of the sky by surface to air missiles
Oddly enough, this is also covered under a new law passed after 9/11 - shall we start the bitching about that too? Oooh, those Feds! Oooh... %()*#)($% Bush!!

(Reuters) - A California man who was the first person indicted under a law passed after the September 11, 2001 attacks that bans importing missiles able to shoot down airplanes, was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison.

Not having Talib Islam blow up a federal court with a one ton tuck bomb
Not having Farooque Ahmed bomb the subway
Not having Ferid "Yousef” Imam set off his Improvised Explosive Device
Disrupting Nadeem Akhtar's plan to illegally export nuclear processing equipment to..... Pakistan.
Interrupting the violent Jihad plots of “JihadJane" and company..... very interesting.
Preventing Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari from using a large Improvised Explosive Device
Jailing Zachary Adam Chesser for threats against South Park and attempting to support al Shabaab
Convicting Russell Defreitas and coconspirator Abdul Kadir for a plot to blow up JFK Airport

Hmmmm... only back to mid Feb 2011....and this probably isn't everything..... lets skip back to November 2010.

Not getting blown up at a Christmas tree lighting by Mohamed Osman Mohamud

Imagine how "cheated" the American public feels without all those explosions going off?

By the way.... I'll let you in on a little secret... OK, two secrets.

First, for those that crave them, terrorist attacks are kind of like potato chips.... it seldom stops with just one.

Second, NSA cares if somebody in the US is in direct communication with members of terrorist organizations. That's terrorist organizations that are trying to kill people, not illegal mp3 downloaders, Ron Paul/Dennis Kucinich voters, members of the people's pop tart party, or gold fish fetishists.

As to civil liberties, the fact that these were published tells me we are probably in pretty good shape overall.

Victimized computers that have not been disinfected using anti-virus software updates will continue to attempt to contact the Coreflood botnet servers. When this happens, we will respond by issuing a temporary stop command to the virus

So -- The FBI can use the bot-net controls, but if I, a security researcher, did that same very thing for the exact same very reason it would be very very illegal -- additionally, if I report the bot-net to the proper authorities I get investigated.

OTOH, I can give you my password and let you show me how to fix my computer, then sue you for remotely accessing my computer without my consent. We'll have to fight it out in court to determine what actually happened. Meanwhile, cops may confiscate any hardware you may have, and archive the data that's on it as well.

Not saying that this is what happened in TFA, just that "permission" better be via notarized written consent, or else... That said: "Hey, can you fix my computer?" Sure! "Let's go to the notary-public, and get permission from the government to ensure no-one get's sued, OK?" Nah, I'll pass -- take it to a government authorized repair shop they have all the forms there, and report your possibly illegal data to the proper authorities (Let's hope the malware didn't download child porn, distribute it for a while, then delete itself leaving behind the CP).

Also: Didn't the BBC just outright buy a bot-net, and use people's computers illegally (sans permission) to send out spam to themselves? Yep.

Please, don't apply your uninformed simple legal opinions to the world -- You clearly fail to consider the many occurrences like the above hypocrisies. Either it's illegal or it's not -- to me it looks like the question is still unanswered, and the punishment varies widely by how much the government likes you.

And maybe you should try another page:

Bin Laden was a suspect in a number of terrorist attacks around the world in addition to the 9/11 attacks.

The link you provide is apparently based solely on the federal indictments - that is, a matter of criminal law. More details here.

Um, the second of these links only mentions the killing of two German nationals, illegal possession of firearms, and the bombings against the African embassies. The 9/11 attacks are conspicuously absent.

The first link is a news recap which claims that "Intelligence agencies quickly learned that the 9/11 attacks were carried out by bin Laden’s terrorist organization", but that's hardly conclusive proof, and it's not a formal arrest warrant.

I'm not sure what your point is - do you mean that the FBI was not allowed to put out a warrant for the 9/11 attacks once it became a matter for the military?

I'll check your other links later.

And maybe you should try another page:

Bin Laden was a suspect in a number of terrorist attacks around the world in addition to the 9/11 attacks.

The link you provide is apparently based solely on the federal indictments - that is, a matter of criminal law. More details here.

Um, the second of these links only mentions the killing of two German nationals, illegal possession of firearms, and the bombings against the African embassies. The 9/11 attacks are conspicuously absent.

The first link is a news recap which claims that "Intelligence agencies quickly learned that the 9/11 attacks were carried out by bin Laden’s terrorist organization", but that's hardly conclusive proof, and it's not a formal arrest warrant.

I'm not sure what your point is - do you mean that the FBI was not allowed to put out a warrant for the 9/11 attacks once it became a matter for the military?

I'll check your other links later.

I'm one of those foreigners who're a little worried about what USA will do next in the name of "justice".

Wikileaks has exposed corruption in my own government, is perfectly legal, and is basically doing the job our newspaper journalists should do, so I want to support them. But according to the logic of many Americans, anyone who indirectly helps their enemies is also an enemy. If I donate money to Wikileaks, will I also be put on the list for "supporting terrorists"? Will the US government try to seize my foreign assets and arrest me if I put my foot on US soil?

The truth is that the only function of a trial is to ascertain guilt or innocence. The punishment is the part that brings about justice, and when there can be no doubt of guilt, there is no particular need for a trial.

There are a number of reasons there should always be a trial:

1. People are "certain" of someone's guilt and turn out to be wrong all the time.
Osama Bin Laden is actually a good example of this. Everybody's assuming he's behind the 9/11 bombings, but there wasn't enough evidence for FBI to put out an arrest warrant. Until his death, Obama was formally only wanted for the bombings against the US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya. (FBI Most Wanted)
The video released shortly after the 9/11 bombings, where he allegedly took the blame for the attacks, was badly translated. Osama certainly seemd to applaud the bombings after the fact, but it's not clear what part, if any, he took in actutally perpetrating them.
The Guantanamo prisoners are another example. American politicians assured us they were "the worst of the worst", and now it turns out some of them weren't even held because they were suspected of terrorism; they were held only because the US military wanted information from them.

2. Allowing assassinations without trial provides the people in power with a convenient way to do away with their political enemies, as long as they can whip up a public frenzy against them. This can and will be abused.

3. A trial lets all the facts on the table.
Perhaps Osama is guilty, but not of what he is accused of. Perhaps there are more guilty parties, but the people in power wants some of them to go free. Executing someone without trial is a convenient way to punish your guilty enemy, while letting your guilty friends get away.
In this particular case, embarassing facts that may surface during a trial include
a) Incompetence on the part of Homeland Security
b) Facts regarding the close ties between the Bush family and the Bin Laden family
c) The US government's previous support to the terrorists they are now fighting
... plus everything else which has been going on behind the scenes and we don't know about yet.

4. Legality. If we start making exceptions to the law when someone is "obviously guilty", people will start abusing it for their own ends, or simply do it out of laziness, and point to the previous cases as justification. The only way to avoid this is to err on the side of caution and always follow the law, even when someone IS obviously guilty.

Actually, Osama never took credit for those deaths, which is why he wasn't formally wanted by FBI for the 9/11 bombings (FBI most wanted [fbi.gov]). The video which was shown on television shortly after the bombings, where he allegedly took the blame, was badly translated.

Personally, I'm not entirely sure if Osama had his hand in the 9/11 bombings, or if other people did it inspired by him

Actually, Bin Laden did take responsibility for the 9/11 attacks, on more than one occasion. Here is one:
Bin Laden claims responsibility for 9/11

Here are some videos of him with some of the 9/11 attackers:
Video Shows Bin Laden, 9/11 Hijackers
Bin Laden '9/11 video' broadcast

And maybe you should try another page:

Bin Laden was a suspect in a number of terrorist attacks around the world in addition to the 9/11 attacks.

The link you provide is apparently based solely on the federal indictments - that is, a matter of criminal law. More details here.

After the mass attacks of 9/11, Congress responded with the Authorization for Use of Military Force, and Al Qaeda became a military problem. I don't know that the FBI continually updates the crimes section on the most wanted list.

Bin Laden's demands? Americans must convert to Islam, discard the Constitution, and govern with Sharia law, or Al Qaeda will keep attacking the US. Bin Laden's offier - convert or die. Some choice, eh?

For those in need: Debunking the 9/11 Myths: Special Report

Actually, Osama never took credit for those deaths, which is why he wasn't formally wanted by FBI for the 9/11 bombings (FBI most wanted [fbi.gov]). The video which was shown on television shortly after the bombings, where he allegedly took the blame, was badly translated.

Personally, I'm not entirely sure if Osama had his hand in the 9/11 bombings, or if other people did it inspired by him

Actually, Bin Laden did take responsibility for the 9/11 attacks, on more than one occasion. Here is one:
Bin Laden claims responsibility for 9/11

Here are some videos of him with some of the 9/11 attackers:
Video Shows Bin Laden, 9/11 Hijackers
Bin Laden '9/11 video' broadcast

And maybe you should try another page:

Bin Laden was a suspect in a number of terrorist attacks around the world in addition to the 9/11 attacks.

The link you provide is apparently based solely on the federal indictments - that is, a matter of criminal law. More details here.

After the mass attacks of 9/11, Congress responded with the Authorization for Use of Military Force, and Al Qaeda became a military problem. I don't know that the FBI continually updates the crimes section on the most wanted list.

Bin Laden's demands? Americans must convert to Islam, discard the Constitution, and govern with Sharia law, or Al Qaeda will keep attacking the US. Bin Laden's offier - convert or die. Some choice, eh?

For those in need: Debunking the 9/11 Myths: Special Report

I agree, I mean taking credit for 3,000+ deaths in one swoop who were also unarmed should give him the right to a fair trial

Actually, Osama never took credit for those deaths, which is why he wasn't formally wanted by FBI for the 9/11 bombings (FBI most wanted). The video which was shown on television shortly after the bombings, where he allegedly took the blame, was badly translated.

Personally, I'm not entirely sure if Osama had his hand in the 9/11 bombings, or if other people did it inspired by him

Trillions of dollars weren't spent to kill Bin Laden (but probably a few million were).

I'd wager they spent at least 25 million dollars.

$27 million, actually. http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten

The crime was committed on US soil, therefore it is a domestic crime and thus the FBI's jurisdiction. If often happens now that criminals that flee the US are hunted down and brought back by the FBI, usually with help from local law enforcement and wheels that are greased by the CIA. That is why there are FBI field offices in foreign countries.

Remember to that the CIA is not a law enforcement agency - it is an intelligence agency. It's job in 9/11 was to prevent the attack from happening. Once the crime was done on US Soil, the FBI takes the lead, apprehends the criminals and brings them back for trial. Not saying the CIA wouldn't have had a hand in tracking down those the FBI was interested in, but the ultimate responsibility for catching and bringing those guys to trial should have rested with the FBI, not the Defense Department.

I haven't found the order itself, but the request is here

If that's what they were granted, it looks remarkably restrained. It actually specifies the servers in question (it's not just a blanket "We get to grab anything we claim is a C&C server, now or in the future").

The part the article seems to be going on about is "A permanent injunction that requires the Defendants to uninstall Coreflood on any computers not owned by the Defendants and authorizes the operation of a substitute command and control server to give effect to the Court's orders;" This is pretty radical, in that it lets the FBI operate the botnet at least in so far as to shut it down. But it doesn't give them any authority over computers which aren't already infected.

It's the FBI noting that some dude claimed

"An Air Force Investigator" is hardly just "some dude". And I guess you thought the fake quote with made up info was funny.

Great ways to try and falsely trivialize something, debunking 101. Though I suppose it's understandable to have a knee-jerk reaction like that when you read more into an article title than you believe should be there after actually reading TFA, so there's that.

Still, please sit back and calmly think about what is in that memo. A statement from an Air Force Investigator in 1950 made to an FBI agent. That actually is pretty serious. And as to the assumptions made by a number of posters here that the FBI never followed up on this or took it seriously.. There is nothing in the memo or TFA to indicate that; simply a lack of announcement from the FBI, which many would expect.

Feel free to look the document-scan over again and allow yourself to see it in a clearer context.

http://vault.fbi.gov/hottel_guy/Guy%20Hottel%20Part%201%20of%201/at_download/file

Check the memo on the FBI site.

    Mr. [redacted] informant was an investigator for the USAF. Not just some random civilian, or someone who thought they knew something.

    There would have been no further investigation necessary, as the USAF was already investigating, and any further investigation would be done by them, and any information necessary would be reported back to the FBI.

    Pretty much, another agency had control and jurisdiction on the case, and possession of all materials relating to the case. There was nothing for the FBI to do. What were their options? Demand access to now (as of the minute the military touched it) classified materials? Good luck there. I'm surprised the FBI was provided with as much detail as they were given.

    If that were to happen today, it may be something more like "We found something, and are investigating." Or as was provided to the public "Nothing to see here. Just a weather balloon. Move on." Use tthe official USAF aircraft identification chart for identifying unknown flying objects.

Here is a link to the notes:

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/march/cryptanalysis_032911/image/gallery

Of course, what I got out of it was:

"You are a stupid square idiot bald git aren't you? eh? I'm pointing at you, I'm pointing at you, but I'm not actually addressing you, I'm addressing the one prat in the country who has bothered to get a hold of this recording, turn it round and actually work out the rubbish that I'm saying. What a poor sad life he's got! Frankly your acts crap, anyway anybody could've done it, I hate the lot of you, bollocks to you!"

He's awfully british for an american then.

Thank you for this link Moderator (189749)
http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/march/cryptanalysis_032911/image/gallery

Look at the E, note that it seems to be different in different places, the middle line is short, offset left, offset left and the right half is longer than the top or bottom, etc. Some E's look like a C with a middle line, some E's have a top line longer, some have the top line angled up, etc So with just that you can make a matrix of the differing E's and assign each an identifying symbol...

Now about the R, notice the solid vertical left line in one, the dual left line forming a vertical oval in another, the top loop being tilted up or down, etc.

Maddening isn't it?

Here are the biggest versions of the notes. They are much easier to read.

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/march/cryptanalysis_032911/image/gallery/encyphered-note/
http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/march/cryptanalysis_032911/image/gallery/help-us-solve-this-encyphered-note/

Here are the biggest versions of the notes. They are much easier to read.

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/march/cryptanalysis_032911/image/gallery/encyphered-note/
http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/march/cryptanalysis_032911/image/gallery/help-us-solve-this-encyphered-note/

I stumbled across even larger versions of the images, which don't seem to be linked to from the FBI site: note1_large.jpg, note2_large.jpg

I stumbled across even larger versions of the images, which don't seem to be linked to from the FBI site: note1_large.jpg, note2_large.jpg

The larger versions of the encrypted notes are here . . .
http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/march/cryptanalysis_032911/image/gallery
It appears that each word ends with an E with some kind of prefix, almost all words end with SE but also common are NE and BE, and sometimes TE and LE
Could be some kind of variation of Pig Latin ?

They could be shopping lists that the victim made in code for his own amusement

I was about to give you a smart response, but I just realized that I read the wrong article (I read the actual FBI posting, not the commentary on the posting). From the original posting, it seems like there's two reasons for the FBI wanting to crack the code: from a investigative standpoint, it might give some hint as to where the victim was before he was murdered, which might lead to other clues.

However, since the cryptanalyst quoted also said, "Even if we found out that he was writing a grocery list or a love letter, we would still want to see how the code is solved. This is a cipher system we know nothing about," I'd guess that a large part is just wanting to know the answer to a puzzle that they couldn't solve. If you don't understand this impulse, you're obviously not human, or have no interest in bettering yourself.

...are pretty clear: http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/march/cryptanalysis_032911/image/gallery

Just a warning: that is CP.

...Child porn on Slashdot.... More original than the Goatse troll, but still nothing new or original. Worse stuff on /b/ all the time.

On a lighter note, Googling "tara child porn arrest" gives http://www.fbi.gov/atlanta/press-releases/2009/at030509.htm which says that he was already busted WOOHOO!

Here

Here is a link to the notes:

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/march/cryptanalysis_032911/image/gallery

Of course, what I got out of it was:

"You are a stupid square idiot bald git aren't you? eh? I'm pointing at you, I'm pointing at you, but I'm not actually addressing you, I'm addressing the one prat in the country who has bothered to get a hold of this recording, turn it round and actually work out the rubbish that I'm saying. What a poor sad life he's got! Frankly your acts crap, anyway anybody could've done it, I hate the lot of you, bollocks to you!"

Not a typo, here is an example of a recent prosecution -- http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-slovenian-and-spanish-police-arrest-mariposa-botnet-creator-operators -- Andy many more are behing hunted down Brian Krebs writes about: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/03/microsoft-hunting-rustock-controllers/#more-8707