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Canadian Arrested Over Plans to Test G20 Security
epiphani writes "Byron Sonne, of Toronto, was arrested today by a task force of around 50 police officers associated with the G20 summit taking place this week. An independent contractor, IT security specialist and private investigator, he had notable ties to the Toronto technology and security communities. According to friends and associates, he had been purchasing goods online and speaking with security groups about building devices to collect unencrypted police broadcasts and relay them through Twitter, as well as other activities designed to test the security of the G20 summit. By all accounts, it would appear that Mr. Sonne had no actual malicious intent. In Canada, the summit has been garnering significant press for the cost and invasive nature of the security measures taken." "By all accounts" may not be quite right; the charges against Sonne, exaggerated or not, involve weapons, explosives, and intimidation.
is the G20 itself.
Shoes for Industry. Shoes for the Dead.
All of them.
So you're trying to make yourself more credible by pointing out how closed-minded you are?
- credible? There is nothing on /. that makes you less 'credible' with the moderators etc. by pointing out you are a libertarian. I have comments here that were at +5 insightful, went down to -1 Troll, came back up to +5 Insightful and then went down to -1 Redundant all within a couple of days from the story.
At the very minimum I can present an interesting argument that people get passionate about. /. is about close-mindedness, given the moderation routines.
...and showing that your best argument is an ad hominem?
- just returning a favor.
Unless you missed it, the GP comment has this brilliant point in it:
No "Conservative" ever gets to talk about adscam ever again. EVER. FUCKING. AGAIN.
My response to it is simple: Go fuck yourself, comparing a clear fraud perpetrated by the Liberal government while Chretien/Martin were in office to money spent to secure the G8/G20 events.
Obviously governments are wasteful, but this is not the fraud that Liberals were running.
You can't handle the truth.