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Want To Hunt Bank Robbers? There's an App For That, Says The FBI (networkworld.com)
Long-time Slashdot reader coondoggie quotes an article from Network World: The FBI today said it released a new application making it easier for the public -- as well as financial institutions, law enforcement agencies, and others -- to view photos and information about bank robberies in different geographic areas of the country.
The FBI's new "Bank Robbers" application runs on both Android and iOS, according to the article, "and lets users sort bank robberies by the date they occurred, the category they fall under (i.e., armed serial bank robber), the FBI field office working the case, or the state where the robbery occurred." The app ties into BankRobbers.fbi.gov, which overlays FBI information about bank robberies onto Google Maps.
The app's users "can also select push notifications to be informed when a bank robbery has taken place near their location," according to the FBI's site, which adds innocently that "If the location services on your device are enabled, you can view a map that shows the relevant bank robberies that took place in your geographic area..."
The FBI's new "Bank Robbers" application runs on both Android and iOS, according to the article, "and lets users sort bank robberies by the date they occurred, the category they fall under (i.e., armed serial bank robber), the FBI field office working the case, or the state where the robbery occurred." The app ties into BankRobbers.fbi.gov, which overlays FBI information about bank robberies onto Google Maps.
The app's users "can also select push notifications to be informed when a bank robbery has taken place near their location," according to the FBI's site, which adds innocently that "If the location services on your device are enabled, you can view a map that shows the relevant bank robberies that took place in your geographic area..."
That's not intent to distribute classified material
Irrelevant. She intentionally had classified material on electronic systems that were not certified for storing them, that in itself is a crime.
What is there to misunderstand here? The data was "born classified" and she did not have the authority to declare something unclassified. This separation is intentional, the people that declare something classified cannot be the same people that receive it. Not even the Secretary of State can declassify the classified material she receives. I don't know the process on that but it is not a simple process. By placing that information on a system not deemed secured for classified material she has committed a crime. It is a crime even if she did not intend to transmit that to a person not deemed fit to receive it. It is a crime even if there is proof that it had not been taken by an adversary. The fact that the server was not monitored by the people at the Department of State there is no way to prove that the data was not copied by an adversary.
only to enable capabilities which were denied her and critical to job function in the information age.
I was going to write a lengthy paragraph on why you are wrong but instead I'll respond with a single word: Bullshit.
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