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Feds Arrest Private Eye at HOPE
An anonymous reader writes "FBI agents today arrested Steven Rambam, the owner of a company that bills itself as the largest privately held online investigative service in the United States, according to Washingtonpost.com's Security Fix blog. From the story: 'Rambam was arrested this afternoon by FBI agents just moments before he was to lead a panel discussion on privacy here at the HOPE hacker conference in New York City. Rambam and three other panelists were to discuss how they dug up -- in just 4.5 hours of searching private and public databases -- more than 500 pages worth of data on HOPE attendee Rick Dakan, who agreed to be the guinea pig for the project.'"
That guy's in on this too? Man. I loved him in City Slickers, but he's just lost a fan forever.
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> Any information on charges?
We could tell you, but then we'd have to arrest you.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
If no one knows what he's being charged with, then it should make it easy to find him. He's sunbathing with all the other uncharged suspects in Guantanamo.
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Then it's show of force. Only the Feds are supposed to play with the "stovepipes" of Carnivore and when they pay you to do it for them you need to keep your mouth shut.
Can you say "Police State"? I voted for George Bush because he promissed me a smaller and less invasive government. This is what I got.
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Plus, you misspelled it again: it's Bill *Kristol*. And he's worse than a draft-dodger -- he's a chickenhawk. Whose dad created a career for him. Hmmm...sounds kinda familiar, now that I think about it.
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Private Eye Arrested in the Middle of Waste Dumping Scheme
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Ramdam was charged with impersonating a mime, mopery with intent to loiter, probity, nothosonomia, and one moving violation.
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From TFA: Conference founder Emmanuel Goldstein said organizers were trying to figure out where the FBI had taken Rambam, and were contacting his parents and his lawyer.
What's funny is that in 1984, Emmanuel Goldstein is "the Enemy of the People" after having once been a leading Party member almost at the level of Big Brother.
If we're going to (badly) juxtapose reality with fiction, Rambam would be Winston, the guy who follows Goldstein's lead & eventually ends up arrested by agents of the Thought Police.
(I know, the FBI != Though Police. I said it was a bad juxtaposition)
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I wouldn't be surprised if everyone at the conference was arrested.
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First they came for the Linux users, but I didn't care because I didn't use Linux.
Then they came for the OSX users, but I didn't care because I didn't use OSX.
Then they came for the Windows users, but by then it was too late; they were all far too stupid to help me...
Just kidding! I'm sure the FBI will offer a fair and speedy trial. After all, it's a 6th-Amendment right guaranteed to all Americans.
Well, almost all Americans...
barack to the future?
And it's not only HOPE. The FBI or perhaps the NSA reads /. and regularly takes down the pages the stories link to. Probably to censor them as a few hours/days later their often back online.
Don't think of it as a flame---it's more like an argument that does 3d6 fire damage
Any information on charges?
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