Twitter Sues US Government Over Attempt To Unmask Anti-Trump Account (theverge.com)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: According to Twitter's suit, filed today in Northern California District Court, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has attempted to use a "limited-purpose investigatory tool" to unmask the owner of the Twitter account "@ALT_USCIS." The account, one of several "alt" or "rogue" government accounts that appeared in the wake of Trump's ascent to the presidency, was used "to express public criticism of the Department and the current Administration," according to Twitter's complaint. In the suit, Twitter writes that @ALT_USCIS has purported to be a dissenting member of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. On March 14, Twitter received a summons from Customs requesting records that could reveal the identity of the account's operator, including IP logs and any associated phone number or mailing address. In addition to the Department of Homeland Security and its subagency, the lawsuit names four individuals as defendants: DHS secretary John Kelly, acting CBP commissioner Kevin McAleenan, and special agents Stephen P. Caruso and Adam Hoffman, who issued and served the order itself.

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Lock 'em up!

[Anonymous Coward]

Lock 'em up!

HAHAHAHA, Free Speech!

[jimmifett]

It seems that only now twitter is concerned about the free speech of it's users.

Stop, this is too much. I can't take it anymore, I'm going to have liquids shoot out my nose from laughter.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Go away, alt-right tool.

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[JoeyRox]

As a private corporation, Twitter is allowed to decide what its users are allowed to post on its service. As a public entity the government is not.

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[Anonymous Coward]

That's a good one. We'll have to remember that when we finish privatizing the government.

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[rahvin112]

Your obviously an anti-free speech fool.

Twitter has every right to decide that people saying stuff in their house is reason for those people to be expelled from their house. The most anti-free speech action you could ever take would be to require private entities (not government) to not only be forced to carry speech they are opposed to but to support the broadcast of that speech using that private entities resources. That you fools on the alt-right don't get that just speaks to how much contempt you have for the constitution and the bill of rights.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Considering they haven't censored the biggest mouth yet?

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[negRo_slim]

Yeah they wear their politics on their sleeve. Personally I'm not OK with purportedly neutral global communications platforms pushing such a political agenda. It's their right but people should be very wary of engaging in business with such a company.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Have editorial control and safe harbor? Maybe it works that way. Doesn't seem right

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[Anonymous Coward]

As a private corporation, Twitter is allowed to decide what its users are allowed to post on its service. As a public entity the government is not.

If they do decide what can and can not be posted, they're responsible for the content.

I don't think Twitter wants that...

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[GWXerog]

Vee's Law. Never fails
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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[Anonymous Coward]

It is possible to be both legally in the right, and a hypocrite. Also, jimmifett never said they didn't have that right.

Why is it that every time someone tries to talk about the concept of free speech, someone always has to try to shut them down by bringing up how the 1st Amendment does not apply to private corporations? It's irrelevant to the discussion. No one said they had a legal requirement to not censor, you people are always the first to bring up the 1st Amendment.

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[aussie_a]

It's a sad day when the companies like Twitter are fighting for the US Constitution. Any time a government employee attempts to break the constitution they should be charged with treason and dealt with accordingly. Anytime Congress or the President break it, it should be considered an act of war and dealt with accordingly.

Time has proven again and again that the only thing the American government listens to is might. It's time to water the tree of Liberty.

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[NatasRevol]

Well, it's in their terms of service. But then an AC probably knows squat about the legalities of it.

https://twitter.com/tos

https://support.twitter.com/ar...

Re:HAHAHAHA, Free Speech!

[jimmifett]

Quite the opposite, i'm very much pro-free speech. Also not alt-right (aka, leftists that are fed up with left authoritarianism).

I find it hilarious that twitter purports itself to be a platform of free speech when that is the absolute last thing they are with their shadow bans, zero transparency or ability to address bans, etc.

They can run their crap company into the ground however they choose, but for them to claim they are protecting the free speech of their users, that is just too much to take seriously.

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[Qzukk]

The most anti-free speech action you could ever take would be to require private entities (not government)

The most anti-free speech action you could ever take would be to turn a blind eye to censorship by private entities, then feign shock when it turns out the government encouraged that censorship.

This isn't a theoretical thing either, we saw it with Bush's administration withholding government contracts from Qwest over refusing to participate in (at that time illegal) warrantless wiretapping (and then arresting the CEO for financial statements that had been made, that were no longer correct after the withdrawal of the government contracts).

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[xevioso]

It's not irrelevant at all; it's the crux of the argument. The concept of free speech is NOT that you can say what you want without fear of reprisal. The concept in the US is ONLY that the government can't censor you based on your speech's content. That's it.

That's why it's so easy and fun to run up to a bastard anti-abortion protester and smash their stupid anti-abortion placards into smithereens and rip out their flyers from their hand. They can sue me for destroying their property, but they can't do anything about the fact that I shut their fucking speech down.

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[alcmena]

What youâ(TM)ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this site is now dumber for having read it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Heh, we did that in 1980 when Reagan was elected

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[TechyImmigrant]

That was good. Thank you.

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[JoeyRox]

Moronic non-sequiturs. Never fails.

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[Anonymous Coward]

>That's why it's so easy and fun to run up to a bastard anti-abortion protester and smash their stupid anti-abortion placards into smithereens and rip out their flyers from their hand. They can sue me for destroying their property, but they can't do anything about the fact that I shut their fucking speech down.

Congrats on being a fascist prick, you'll fit right in...

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[Anonymous Coward]

They can sue me for destroying their property,...

Hey there Brainiac, did it ever occur to you that these are people on the right...the ones that like to carry guns? How long will your luck hold out before one of them "feels in fear for their life" and double-taps your dumb ass? It's kinda like watching someone play Russian Roulette like in "The Deer Hunter".

But please, do carry on! One less fascist Darwin Award contender is a win any way you look at it.

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[Anonymous Coward]

The concept of free speech is NOT that you can say what you want without fear of reprisal. The concept in the US is ONLY that the government can't censor you based on your speech's content. That's it.

Wrong.

The concept of free speech absolutely IS that you can say what you want without fear of reprisal.

The First Amendment is a Constitutional amendment forbidding the government from interfering with free speech.

Only the government can violate the First Amendment, but ANYONE can violate the principle of free speech. Whether or not that's happening in this case is an entirely separate matter.

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[Anonymous Coward]

As a private corporation, Twitter is allowed to decide what its users are allowed to post on its service.

So you adamantly against Net Neutrality then? As a private corporation your ISP is allowed to decide what sites you can visit.

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[Aighearach]

Why do they need to care about their users? It is a burden on them, and they don't want to have to do it in cases where they shouldn't have been asked to do it.

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[rtb61]

You can not do it fraudulently. You can not claim to support free speech and they secret deny it, in order to fraudulently misrepresent yourself to retain end users. So news service can not claim to be fair and balanced if they are not, they can not censor one side, whilst promoting another and then claim fair and balanced to promote a lie. Once you claim to be a public service you are bound by that claim and can not censor. Telecommunications companies can not claim their service as private and censor anyone they disagree with whilst claiming it is a public service. So no, censorship is not a right, that goes right along apartheid, where citizens for what ever reason were censored from participation in society by other citizens, collectively. Once you are open to the public, you are bound by the rules and regulation of that public and the provision of a public service, no censorship of legal content no exclusion of individuals. Otherwise declare it as a private members only service.

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[PoopJuggler]

So it's ok to kill an adult who smashes a sign, but not ok to kill a blob of unborn baby cells.

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[Zero__Kelvin]

You have that completely wrong. The concept of free speech is that NOBODY, including but not limited to the government, gets to tell me what I can and cannot say. Anything less is NOT freedom.

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[Zero__Kelvin]

You are a fucking idiot.

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[Anonymous Coward]

If the 'blob of cells' tried to attack, yes.

What's *your* excuse?

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[currently_awake]

As a shepard must watch over his flock, so must corporations that wish to profit from their "Users".

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[__aanfwt7763]

good to know he has it wrong, and in your own little world, where you don't understand complex ideas, lives only you.

destroying somebody's signs is not censoring speech. passing a law saying you can't print the signs is censoring speech. the constitution is laws for the the government to follow. a private entity, such as a person or people representing a company, are free do do whatever they want.

you can print "rat poision" on rat poison and sell it. you cannot print "baby formula" on rat poison and sell it. that is not censoring speech. that is covered under a different law, and the free speech law does not nullify other laws being broken.

I know. It's hard to keep 2 things in your head at the same time.

Your employer can tell you what you can and cannot say at work. You are under a separate contract with them, where you gave up rights. A nig _gger with a gun can tell you what you can and cannot say, and you are free to shoot him in the face with your gun in response, as I would. A guy can destroy other people's signs, and they can sue him for doing so.

you have it completely wrong. just because one aspect of an incident involves speech, it does not nullify other aspects of cet incident. and "freedom" is "freedom from tyranny" - the constitution is not a document for criminals to follow so you are protected from them. that's what the entire post you are replying to was about. freedom is about government and occupying force. complaining about your lack of freedom in criminal person on person fights like you are. well... you're a fucking moron. say more things now please. I am very entertained by your opinions.

here's a good example of this progressive site's censorship. this site. it's gone to absolute shit, but at least they're not deleting posts like reddit. they do however give you this lameness filter, which doesn't let you use the word nig _gger even once. another form of censorship is random losers across the internet assigning points to posts, and when they go to -1, they're hidden with the default settings. and guess what - all of that is perfectly fine. I, having been on this site since '97 have scores turned off, because I don't like censorship, and find things modded funny by loser nerds not funny, but find the hosts file barrel of autism hilarious, as well as the gnaa posts. so I just read everything, and turn it off. people who have kids and have friends come over - they're free to tell their friends not to use the word nig _gger nig _gger nig _gger nig _gger in their house. and None of the slashdot crap, nor the parents, nor what the guy you replied to said is about "freedom".

any freedom you must voluntarily give away to lose is not "lack of freedom." it is in fact the very definition of freedom. you are not only wrong, you pretty much have everything completely backwards. I love morons with strong nig _gger opinions. again, since you have already forgotten - say more things please, nig _ggernig _ggernig _ggernig _ggernig _ggernig _ggernig _ggernig _ggernig _ggernig _ggernig _ggernig _ggernig _ggernig _gger.

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[Anonymous Coward]

ah, this explains it. you're just a complete moron. twitter is free to do whatever they want to not publish shit they don't want on their site. this is someone else - the government, trying to do censorship.

since you're clearly a moron, i'll give you a simple example. assume some hairly fat cow fucks you and has a kid. you marry her, since you finally got laid. friends come over, and like to call you a fucking moron, a buffoon, ugly piece of loser nerd shit, to your face. you don't like your kid to hear those bad words, so you tell your 2 ugly nerd friends that if they want to be in your house, they cannot use bad language. then you have a policeman enter your house, and tell you that inside your house, people are no longer allowed to use the word "ugly." how else is your wife going to call you over when she needs the teet unloaded in the bucket? fucking retard.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Billy Madison!

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[Anonymous Coward]

And as a government, the United States is allowed to subpoena Twitter and their records.

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[z3alot]

What one sees as the "concept of free speech" is obviously dependent on your definition. If you are speaking of the free speech legislated in the first ammendment, it only protects the people from government, not from private individuals. In fact the only constitutional provision which limits the actions of private individuals is the 14th ammendment, which outlaws slavery.

Now there could in principal be federal or local laws which somehow protect free speech from infringement by other private individuals, but I'm not aware of an example, and indeed this is usually not the case (nor should it be in my opinion).

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[Aighearach]

The shepherd definitely doesn't want the sheriff running off with the sheep.

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[Zero__Kelvin]

Holy shit you are one stupid motherfucker! Doubly so if you think anyone wasted their time reading your drivel. You are truly one of the biggest morons I have seen in a LONG time.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Agreed! The right to criticize the administration and the president is a right that all Americans have, and no one person in the government is above criticism.

Now if you'll excuse me I have to ban someone who backtalked President Obama.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Says the guy who thinks the first amendment applies to private entities. Gotcha smartypants. He is definitely the stupid motherfucker. It definitely couldn't be you. At least you kept your post nice and short, although his was waaaaay more entertaining.

Now let me ask you. How long did it take you to read his post? Took me exactly 18 seconds. Timed myself for you. I guess you read very slowly and your attention span, like the op noted, does not let you read over 1 paragraph. Read any books lately - some uncensored Dr Seuss perhaps?

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[BlueStrat]

Billy Madison!

[channels "Spock"]

"Ah yes, the classics!"

[/channels "Spock"]

Strat

Re:HAHAHAHA, Free Speech!

[Anonymous Coward]

As private corporations, Microsoft, Apple and Google are allowed to decide what their users are allowed to see, post, hear and transmit using their services.

Enjoy your 100% politically correct smartphone, email inbox, messaging inbox, web access, VoIP telephony.

Oh and you are not allowed to view what they are filtering and why and any article detailing if they filter at all is filtered out before you read it.

When your "free" Internet experience closely resembles the "Internet" of the Chinese regime, your definition of "free" is totally off the scales.

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[crypticedge]

Medically, a fetus operates like a parasite. Do you also want it to be illegal to kill tapeworms?

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[Cederic]

Seems the moron is the person that didn't understand the argument.

Twitter are claiming that they're a bastion of free speech.
Twitter's actions to other people demonstrates that they have no interest whatsoever in supporting actual free speech.
Twitter are thus laughable hypocrits.

Of course they're free to do that. They're still comical cunts destroying their own business.

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[mjwx]

Yeah they wear their politics on their sleeve. Personally I'm not OK with purportedly neutral global communications platforms pushing such a political agenda. It's their right but people should be very wary of engaging in business with such a company.

Well start your own then.

If you dont like Twitter, dont use them. Even by the most European of Euro standards, Twitter is still a private organisation, not a public utility and not subject to carrier regulations.

Realistically, I'd be more concerned that the government is trying to force Twitter to reveal the name of someone who is merely making fun of the government. We're not talking about threats or attacks, we're talking about parody here.

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[__aanfwt7763]

Grand claims that show little life experience and no knowledge of subject matter, without detail to back them up --Check.
Fratboy-brah pussy crusher terminology offensive only to kids in the quad, without actually countering the point --Check.
Short replies with trivial sentence structure -- Check.
Thinks a quarter of a page of text is too much to read --Check.

Us adults - we like to not just say you're a moron. We like to back it up with half a page of examples. the person making fun of you not keeping it short enough for you? ahh, poor eye-strained millennial. "well you're a moron because you wrote a lot of text dissing me." that I did.

you have mistyped reddit.com and ended up on slashdot. here's a hint for you, so you don't end up on the wrong site again: you're not supposed to type out the slash or period characters in a url.

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[Anonymous Coward]

You're sick.

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[meta-monkey]

Twitter is still a private organisation, not a public utility and not subject to carrier regulations.

But companies can't do whatever they want. They can't deny service to blacks or gays or whatever.

Realistically, I'd be more concerned that the government is trying to force Twitter to reveal the name of someone who is merely making fun of the government. We're not talking about threats or attacks, we're talking about parody here.

But the issue isn't the parody, but the fact it's a government employee.

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[serviscope_minor]

You have that completely wrong

No you do.

The concept of free speech is that NOBODY, including but not limited to the government, gets to tell me what I can and cannot say.

No, they can SAY what they like, because they have free speech too. What they can't do is prevent you from speaking. Making you go elsewhere (i.e. not twitter) is not preventing you from speaking.

Anything less is NOT freedom.

The only people with the power to physically stop you is the government. If you're not being physically stopped, you are free. If you get disinherited by your parents due to being excessively obnoxious, that's not an infringement of your free speech. Neither is getting banned from twitter.

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[Anonymous Coward]

The real issue is more likely CBP has no jurisdiction here, and it's the second time I've seen those scumbags abuse their authority. They have at least in a few cities tried misidentifying themselves as municipal police instead of the ICE agents they were.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Man you are like one of our ancient ancestor or something? I didn't know people that old still exist!

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[Anonymous Coward]

Sadly the Wikipedia article on Shadow bans is very lacking. Hard to really say they are notable.

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[david_thornley]

All businesses establish acceptable conduct standards. It's perfectly legal to deny a potential customer service based on individual behavior.

The government does not have arbitrary power to grab information or suppress free speech on the part of its employees.

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[david_thornley]

Ironically, the Constitution defines treason. Doing something not legal according to the Constitution does not qualify.

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[beastofburdon]

Nope, the 14th amendment did not outlaw slavery. It outlawed slavery without due process of law.

Anyone who has been convicted of any crime, no matter how small, can be forced into slavery. In fact they can be bought and sold throughout their incarceration. This is not only legal, but it is standard practice in the US.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Yep, we do. And we're the only ones that know what the fuck is going on.

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[Zero__Kelvin]

You can say whatever you want, as long as you don't say it where people can hear it? Yeah. That's what free speech means. NOT.

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[serviscope_minor]

You can say whatever you want,

Yep.

as long as you don't say it where people can hear it?

You're making shit up, which is you right as a moron with free speech.

Yeah. That's what free speech means. NOT.

No, it really is. Free speech is not the same as forcing people to listen and to expend resources to give you a platform. Free speech is not the same as not being disinherited for being a wanker. Free speech means you won't go to prison for it.

That. Is. All.

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[Anonymous Coward]

You. Are. A. Fucking. Clueless. Idiot.

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[segin]

Does that mean I have the freedom to stand in your living room and scream at you that you're a mindless twat?

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[Zero__Kelvin]

You just did dumbshit.

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[__aanfwt7763]

ah, it's this guy again. how much of a fuggo loser do you have to be to think reading text on a website is anywhere remotely related to someone actually talking to you. thanks for the laughs loser. how was your morning porn?

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[Anonymous Coward]

After checking your comment history - I apologize, but I have to ask. Are you on xanax? You seem to get angry and emotional for zero reason - no control over emotions, like a chinese woman on her period. I have observed this in emotional men who take xanax and chinese women on the rag.

Why can't people just accept Trump won already!?

[Anonymous Coward]

If anyone needs investigating it's Hillary Clintons emails!! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!

shocked!

[LetterRip]

I'm shocked! Shocked to see the Trump administration abusing criminal investigative tools for political purposes.

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[Trailer Trash]

I'm shocked! Shocked to see the Trump administration abusing criminal investigative tools for political purposes.

Uh, yeah. If they really only want to see if it's an employee doing it on company time, then it's no longer "political". That's actually a crime for a federal government worker to do such. The only real problem would be if it's not a government worker and they harass him - at that point I'll be concerned.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Seriously, it's a crime for federal employees to post to Twitter while on the clock?

Someone should tell the president.

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[GrumpySteen]

Makes sense.

By the way, we suspect you of being a government employee posting on /. during work hours. We've got a subpoena that requires you to hand over your computer, cell phones, hard drives, passwords to any online accounts you use, etc.

We're just checking if you're a government employee, of course, so your data will be completely safe with us and there is no chance that we'll use anything else we may find against you.

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[squiggleslash]

It's not a crime for a government employee to post to Twitter while working. If it were, Trump would have been impeached multiple times by now.

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[Anonymous Coward]

I hope you understand there's something called due process. Government / Police have to have a reason to suspect they're accessing on government time before they can subpoena the records. Is the same reason why you can refuse to search the car or the house if the police can't find a reason, or any information discovered can be thrown out even if it is valid.

If there's no reason to suspect, then this is certainly an abuse of power. Do they have twitter access through a government IP address at roughly the same time? camera caught him tweeting at roughly the same times? Anything? Or is this just fishing so they can crush them?

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[Salgak1]

It is a crime to release official information without permission, And even more of a crime if it's sensitive or classified. There's this category of "For Official Use Only". . .

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[LetterRip]

Uh, yeah. If they really only want to see if it's an employee doing it on company time, then it's no longer "political". That's actually a crime for a federal government worker to do such. The only real problem would be if it's not a government worker and they harass him - at that point I'll be concerned.

They cited tax law on imports as the basis for the warrant.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/us...

How exactly are tweets criticizing the President related to investigate power for

determining the liability of any person for duty, fees and taxes due or duties, fees and taxes which may be due the United States"

Obviously there is zero relationship, and this is purely an attempt to abuse unrelated investigative powers for political purposes.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Is " Trailer Trash ( 60756 )" a government account? If so then only authorized government employees can post to it. If not then you would have point.

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[Anonymous Coward]

How do we know you're not? That's what you don't get that's why you aren't concerend. Keep MAGA!

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[Anonymous Coward]

I'm shocked it took this long.

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[Frosty Piss]

That's actually a crime for a federal government worker to do such.

So, as I sit here at McChord Air Force Base in Washington State, in my cushy job as a C17 Mission Planner, you are telling me I'm breaking the law prattling on Slashdot? Is that why we have and Official Social Media Policy that talks about using Social Media on GOV computers? Oh, that's right, you don't work for the government and in fact have no idea what you are talking about.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, Obama was more stealthy about this sort of thing, and businesses were much more cooperative and less likely to sue.

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[Wrath0fb0b]

Time for a refresher on the current state* of speech restrictions promulgated by government-as-employer. I think most people would understand that, when acting as an employer, the government has significantly more latitude than it would against a private citizen. At the same time, most people would understand that this lattitude has bounds of its own.

So cribbing the major part of the link above (but do read the whole thing), the place that the court put that balance* is that the government may not fire an employee based on the employeeâ(TM)s speech if (all of):

1. 1. the speech is on a matter of public concern
2. 2. the speech is not said by the employee as part of the employeeâ(TM)s job duties
3. 3. the damage caused by the speech to the efficiency of the government agencyâ(TM)s operation does not outweigh the value of the speech to the employee and the public

The application of these three standards to the instant case I think weighs in favor of the employee, but ultimately that's a fact-bound decision that would require reviewing what his or her job duties are, what the topic and contents of the tweets were and what sort of proof the government produces about the harm to the agency.

* Note: This is the current state of the law as it is, not the law as I wish it to be. You could say that this is the praxis of the law, not the truth of it. I have no beef with people that wish argue about what the law ought to be or what is a more correct interpretation of it. They may even be right and the practice of it currently wrong (it's surely happened many times in the past), that does not change what is currently practiced.

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[fustakrakich]

Sorry, but you know the rules don't apply to the boss.

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[Woldscum]

Uh, yeah. If they really only want to see if it's an employee doing it on company time, then it's no longer "political". That's actually a crime for a federal government worker to do such. The only real problem would be if it's not a government worker and they harass him - at that point I'll be concerned.

They cited tax law on imports as the basis for the warrant.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/us...

How exactly are tweets criticizing the President related to investigate power for

determining the liability of any person for duty, fees and taxes due or duties, fees and taxes which may be due the United States"

Obviously there is zero relationship, and this is purely an attempt to abuse unrelated investigative powers for political purposes.

Maybe they are investigating who is PAYING for this account? Who and what they are doing with money from somewhere?

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[rahvin112]

So?

Maybe you don't understand, if this was a criminal prosecution they would have brought charges against a John Doe and applied for a warrant. Using the national security tool they are using (designed for foreign actors outside US jurisdiction) bypasses the requirement to obtain a warrant and avoids that nasty complication of proving the speech in question is NOT protected speech.

Your blatant disregard of how this bypasses standard criminal procedures by waiving it away blatantly ignores that they are doing it this way so they don't have to get a subpoena and document why this speech isn't protected. Any time the wrong procedure is being used like this you can bet dollars to donuts the are abusing the process because what they are doing would have never met the requirements for a valid warrant. Don't cheer lead so hard that you ignore abuse of power.

Re:shocked!

[Anonymous Coward]

Why should we believe you over of the other guy?

Re:shocked!

[Anonymous Coward]

> Maybe you don't understand,

The leaps you're making and the handwaving is too much for me. You seem like a nutjob.

Re:shocked!

[Anonymous Coward]

I doubt it's that hard to verify: https://www.doi.gov/notices/Social-Media-Policy

Granted, this may not apply to Frosty's situation directly, but I doubt the "Official Social Media Policy" is classified.

Re:shocked!

[crow_t_robot]

His description of process is correct. I fail to see how this could be viewed as mentally unstable communication. Can you be more specific in your criticism?

Re:shocked!

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow your troll slashdot that hard from work? You say some pretty messed up stuff man, I'd take it easy if I were you.

Re:shocked!

[crow_t_robot]

As a federal employee you are allowed "limited personal use" of your issued computer during work hours to do things like check your personal e-mail, read the morning news or send a quick tweet if you so choose.

Re:shocked!

[R3d M3rcury]

Uh...they weren't using the official USCIS twitter account. They were using "@ALT_USCIS", which is not a government account. They suspect that the person using it is a government employee.

Re:shocked!

[Ann O'Nymous-Coward]

Since when do you have to PAY for a Twitter account?

Re:shocked!

[R3d M3rcury]

Uh...last I checked, twitter accounts are free.

Re:shocked!

[subanark]

Um... no due to:

1. Part of the presidents job description is talking to the people, this includes twitter

2. The president isn't a "paid by the hour" job.

That being said this job might allow various small breaks, and as long as he is not using government equipment he should be fine as far as conduct goes.

The government might have a case if they think he is a threat to national security though. As you really don't want to take chances with someone who might bend the rules.

Re:shocked!

[NatasRevol]

And yet trump has done exactly that several times.

Re: shocked!

[Anonymous Coward]

It seems like his patience is wearing thin with repubs twisting and spinning every f-ing thing, Christ knows mine wore out a long time ago.

Re:shocked!

[Anonymous Coward]

Why aren't they asking NSA? Why all the theater? It's all been recorded, just go look. FFS what good it spying on all the citizens if you pretend you haven't? Feds can't even get the illegal spying right.

Re:shocked!

[Trailer Trash]

Seriously, it's a crime for federal employees to post to Twitter while on the clock?

Someone should tell the president.

The President is the President - he gets to define his job roles. For someone who's working in the federal government, unless posting to Twitter is part of their job description then it would fall under the "honest services fraud" statute. Remember the "3 crimes per day" number? That's part of what we're talking about.

Regardless of whether it's a crime the government - like any employer - has every right to determine if employees are doing personal twitter during working hours and/or from work computers. Sorry if you don't like it.

Re:shocked!

[Trailer Trash]

That's actually a crime for a federal government worker to do such.

So, as I sit here at McChord Air Force Base in Washington State, in my cushy job as a C17 Mission Planner, you are telling me I'm breaking the law prattling on Slashdot? Is that why we have and Official Social Media Policy that talks about using Social Media on GOV computers? Oh, that's right, you don't work for the government and in fact have no idea what you are talking about.

If you have an official policy that allows you to do it, then it's likely not a problem as long as you stay within the policy. How do you know what the other departments are doing? Also, are the things tweeted from that account allowable under policy?

It's impossible to make a blanket statement either way, but an employer does have a right to know if their employees are doing something not allowed on company time.

Re:shocked!

[Trailer Trash]

It's not a crime for a government employee to post to Twitter while working. If it were, Trump would have been impeached multiple times by now.

Trump is President - he can make whatever rules he wants as the executive. I know it sounds like of funny how you said it, but it's also pretty stupid.

Re:shocked!

[Frosty Piss]

If you have an official policy that allows you to do it, then it's likely not a problem as long as you stay within the policy. How do you know what the other departments are doing?

Because intertube policy is often written on paper and published as an official document. I know, right? Who knewâ¦

Re:shocked!

[Woldscum]

No. Who ever controls the account is being investigated by following the money. Maybe they are a paid troll? Or paid by some organisation that is being investigated? If it is for taxes it is for money. Could be tax free political money being spent on this troll account and against IRS rules?

Re:shocked!

[Anonymous Coward]

Were you shocked when Obama, Bush, and Clinton did this as well during their administrations?

Just wondering how close you're paying attention, or is this just ideology on your part.

At least those on the left finally woke up after an 8 year slumber, as did those on the right after 8 years of Dubya. And so on.

Re: shocked!

[Anonymous Coward]

I have it on good authority that "Trailer Trash ( 60756 )" is one of Steve Bannon's accounts.

Re:shocked!

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm shocked! Shocked to see the Trump administration abusing criminal investigative tools for political purposes.

I'd just change that to "I'm shocked! Shocked to see the "insert any government official/administration" abusing criminal investigative tools for political purposes."

Re:shocked!

[Anonymous Coward]

I hope you are up to date on your "OPSEC training". I have been out more than 10 years; but, I am guessing you are likely violating the rules by posting on SlashDot. But, in ten years the rules might have changed. NOTE: I found the 2013 copy of "Official Social Media Policy" and it is NOT the policy for using Government Property from my quick glance on it. It was the rules for using "Social Media"; the rules for using Government Property is likely a very different Policy! Tim S.

That's actually a crime for a federal government worker to do such.

So, as I sit here at McChord Air Force Base in Washington State, in my cushy job as a C17 Mission Planner, you are telling me I'm breaking the law prattling on Slashdot? Is that why we have and Official Social Media Policy that talks about using Social Media on GOV computers? Oh, that's right, you don't work for the government and in fact have no idea what you are talking about.

Re: shocked!

[Zero__Kelvin]

The President is the President? That dumb bitch works for me. He doesn't get that, but are you really too fucking stupid to understand it?

Re: shocked!

[Zero__Kelvin]

You are a fucking moron. Trump does NOTâget to make the rules up as he goes. Witness the upcoming impeachment.

Re:shocked!

[Anonymous Coward]

Right on cue, FUD about "what the account was saying".

Perhaps you're relying on the fact that people won't go and check it out for themselves. I did, and I don't see anything that could plausibly be "sensitive or classified".

Re:shocked!

[currently_awake]

If they were investigating a crime they would have gotten a warrant. Their goal is persecution, to make the (legal) criticism stop.

Re:shocked!

[Anonymous Coward]

Reported to the govt waste agency. I'm gonna get a point of light!

Re:shocked!

[Anonymous Coward]

Are you saying Trump is abusing the system by using the tools Obama established to abuse the system?

Re:shocked!

[Anonymous Coward]

Allowed to or not, you are a piece of shit for taking money from the general public for your time and returning nothing of value back. Same as Trump.

Re:shocked!

[Anonymous Coward]

"When the president does it, that means it is not illegal."
-Richard Nixon

Some of us remember how that turned out. Of course, Spiro had to go first. "President Spiro T. Agnew?" (shudder...)

Re:shocked!

[Anonymous Coward]

> Maybe you don't understand,

The leaps you're making and the handwaving is too much for me. You seem like a nutjob.

No it was absolutely fine, you just got a bit over-excited. Perhaps you weren't paying as much attention to what you were reading as you thought you were. Quite likely you are easily distracted.

These are all deficiencies which you can and should work on, but you'll find many of them improve as you approach adulthood anyway.

Re:shocked!

[ausekilis]

Ummm... no, he doesn't. Article II of the United States Constitution defines the President's job. Most prominently, he's the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces. Considering the Pres is defined in the Constitution and most of the gov employee labor laws are subject to the Department of Labor... I would guess that Congress or the Supreme Court would be the only ones that could do any disciplinary action.

It also says that the President isn't immune to being "removed from office" should he be found guilty of treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. That whole checks and balances thing.

Re:shocked!

[mrchaotica]

It is a crime to release official information without permission

Fuck that bullshit. The law itself is wrong. Government secrecy is tyranny.

Re:shocked!

[Anonymous Coward]

Not true: as President, he has a right to declassify anything. Anything he choses to tweet about, becomes unclassified de jure. And presumably open to freedom of information requests?

Bullshit

[ackkamoto]

Yeah I love how twitter runs to free speech when it aligns with their political idealism, but plays dumb when it's terrorism or anything regarding democrats.

Re:Bullshit

[andydread]

Yeah I love how twitter runs to free speech when it aligns with their political idealism, but plays dumb when it's terrorism or anything regarding democrats.

[ Citation Needed ]

Re:Bullshit

[sexconker]

Here's your citation: https://twitter.com/

Re:Bullshit

[Anonymous Coward]

And these articles leave out this request was made because the user is under investigation for leaking classified materials....However that doesnt help the story, so most sites left that part out.

Hypocrites

[Anonymous Coward]

I'd like to see more institutions push back against those who would trample liberty. Why not respect everyone's right to speech and to privacy? Whether it's the SJW left or the christian/law'n'order right, it seems like we're overrun with wannabe tyrants.

Re:Hypocrites

[DickBreath]

If the government is going to Trumple upon our rights, especially free speech, then government should treat all speech with equal disrespect. Whether it be speech praising Trump for starting WW III or whether it be condemning the illiterate moron pu**y grabber unable to speak in complete sentences for his tiny handed failure to take away health care.

Treasonous behavior

[Anonymous Coward]

Not only should the purpetrators be unmasked, but they should be brought up on treason charges of disobeying a direct order from the commander in chief. If/when found guilty, punshiment appropriate for the crime should be administered. Just because your guy/gal didn't win the election doesn't mean you go out and open anonymous accounts in the governments name and disseminate wrong or sensitive data, or data that you've been ordered to not share. Examples must be strongly made.

Re:Treasonous behavior

[nospam007]

"Examples must be strongly made."

Vladimir, this sentence unmasked you.

Re:Treasonous behavior

[epyT-R]

Ahh what? Law'n'order authoritarian loons like you can join the SJW left on clusterfuck island, where the would-be apocalypse is eternally televised. Meanwhile, the rest of us will watch from time to time to remind ourselves of what happens when liberty is trampled by the likes of such people.

Re:Treasonous behavior

[ausekilis]

It's amazing how quickly we forget about our own Constitution. The same document that created the job for the President protects the public's right to criticize him. Sure, we can't overtly slander or libel him, but we can say a lot of other things.

IANAL, but Penn and Teller said it well on their show BS: "To call someone an idiot or a moron is defamatory and you open yourself up to a lawsuit. But to call them an asshole or motherfucker, you're expressing an opinion and you're pretty much in the clear."

Re:Treasonous behavior

[harperska]

What sort of backwater third world dictatorship do you think you live in where vocal criticism of the dear leader amounts to treason?

Re:Treasonous behavior

[smooth wombat]

What sort of backwater third world dictatorship do you think you live in where vocal criticism of the dear leader amounts to treason?

Russia.

Mothers in Russia can face jail time for speaking out about their sons who are being killed in the Ukraine. Uzak of the President of the Russian Federation, No. 237 makes it a crime to talk about the deaths of soldiers. If you criticize the government for not telling you where and how your son died, the government will withhold death benefits. And put you in jail.

Re:Treasonous behavior

[Anonymous Coward]

Quite correct.

What gives you the right to share any data regardless of what the government may think to the contrary is that the document from which all of the authority the government possess originates also specifically states the government does not possess the authority to infringe upon freedom of speech or the press.

Any law which states otehrwise is invalid as the state and federal government are not empowered to pass such a law, including the ones which define top secret classification.

Interestingly as the clause in question is also the first Amendment to the Constitution it would also superceed the definition of Treason which was defined prior to the addition of the amendment in any case where the two are in conflict. So you can't even be legally convinced of treason for printing classified documents in ISSIS's internal newsletters, as long as you take no otehr action which aids them.

Re:Treasonous behavior

[Anonymous Coward]

Punshi those purpetrators strongly!

Re: Treasonous behavior

[Nidi62]

Huckabee has said that it is treason to go against your government. Someone needs to tell him that treason is committed against a country, not a government.

Re: Treasonous behavior

[Zero__Kelvin]

That's right! Disseminating bullshit via Twitter is the President's job!

Re:Treasonous behavior

[Anonymous Coward]

How is calling someone an idiot or a moron not an opinion but asshole or motherfucker is?

Re:Treasonous behavior

[bluegutang]

The USA.

Re: Treasonous behavior

[mjwx]

Huckabee has said that it is treason to go against your government.

King George III called, he'd like to have a word with his subject, Mr Huckabee about the subject.

Re:Treasonous behavior

[DickBreath]

The bar for slander or libel is a lot higher for a public figure. It could be argued that a US president could be considered a public figure. Penn and Teller's BS show is BS. Calling someone "an illiterate idiot tiny handed pu**y grabber unable to speak in complete sentences" is not defamatory. Especially if it is true. And truth is an absolute defense against either slander or libel.

Re:Treasonous behavior

[DickBreath]

I wish I had mod points. That was going to be my answer.

Re:Treasonous behavior

[Anonymous Coward]

When someone starts spouting off a rant like what you have done, it is easy to tell that you were not around in the 1980's and at ignorant about the entire 1980's. And more so ignorant about dating 30 years ago.

I was around in the early 1980's in my early 20's. MDMA was rampant in night clubs in the early 1980's as well as cocaine and a slue of other drugs.

I did a lot of the behavior you are talking about in night clubs. A lot of women did the same or as you describe, worse behavior with men. As a matter of fact I've had my crotch grabbed by a woman in a night club as recently as 3 years ago. I have no idea what she was on or was just drinking liquid courage. Either way we exchanged phone numbers and dated for a few weeks. Her addictions drove me away.

So, what you are blathering on about being derogatory about one person, was common practice 30 years ago and neither sex had that much problem with it.

Way to go millennials, keep up your ignorance.

Re:Treasonous behavior

[mrchaotica]

What sort of backwater third world dictatorship do you think you live in

It isn't that freedom-hating, anti-American facists like him think they live in a backwater third-world dictatorship, it's that they're trying to create it. Accusing others of treason is nothing but projection.

Re:Treasonous behavior

[DickBreath]

Funny. I'm the same age you are then.

Isn't one of those run by British people?

[Anonymous Coward]

My understanding is that some of those "alt US government" accounts are actually run by British or Commonwealth people based on word/phrase usage? They are obviously just people pretending to be in the US government.

Word verification: mucilage

If it wasn't for that meddling Moose and Squirrel

[Anonymous Coward]

Even Sanders is under suspicion for being a Russian plant these days.

I'd be more inclined to believe them if their idea of "plant" was some kind of vegetable, though.

Re: Why can't people just accept Trump won already

[Anonymous Coward]

You and your friends are the reason your country is falling apart. Hope you feel happy.

Re:Why can't people just accept Trump won already!

[Anonymous Coward]

Hillary's emails have been investigated to death and there's nothing worth prosecuting her over. Get over it already.

Besides, it's more fun to stand in the way of everything Donald tries to do. It helps impede his ability to destroy our country and as a bonus, it pisses off Fox-bot Repugs.

Just like Vlad

[Anonymous Coward]

Using government to go after your critics, just like his hero.

If it was on Wikipedia

[Anonymous Coward]

They could just abuse checkuser like DoRD does.

Let's just agree

[Anonymous Coward]

That Trump amd Clinton are/were both horrible choices.

Re:Let's just agree

[DickBreath]

But Clinton has bigger hands.

NOT Treasonous behavior

[Salgak1]

By its' very definitiion. . .

The Constitution of the United States, Art. III, defines treason against the United States to consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid or comfort. This offence is punished with death. By the same article of the Constitution, no person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.

Hint: we're not at war.

Now, this very well COULD meet the legal definitions of sedition, as well as the employees in question being sanctioned for violating policy. . .

Re:NOT Treasonous behavior

[Anonymous Coward]

this very well COULD meet the legal definitions of sedition

OK can we do that then?

Re:NOT Treasonous behavior

[whoever57]

Hint: we're not at war.

What do you think the "War on Terror" and the "War on Drugs" are for?

Re:NOT Treasonous behavior

[david_thornley]

For increasing the appropriations for DHS and DoD and the profits of drug lords, obviously. The names are just propaganda.

Re:NOT Treasonous behavior

[interkin3tic]

Hint: we're not at war.

Could have fooled me. We still have troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The administration wants to cut everything to pay for a massive increase in military spending (on top of already spending more than anyone else), is screaming that Muslim extremist terrorists are everywhere, and certainly acts like everyone outside the GOP party is an anti-american enemy.

Frankly, I think the administration is by far the biggest national security threat facing America right now.

Serious violations of the constitution and freedom of the US, initiating wars of offense to prop up popularity, or colluding with foreign powers; all of those should make the administration an enemy. I can't rule out any of those being true of Trump. None of those require the context of war. Any definition of treason that doesn't cover those possibilities is not a great definition of treason.

I'm not talking constitutional law here, I'm not a lawyer, so take your response you're typing up now and cram it. There's obvious reasons not to put a mechanism for declaring a sitting president an enemy and a traitor and being able to punish him in that way, and I expect the founders assumed congress would have impeached such an individual or the people would rise up and sort things out. I dunno. Not everything needs to be legalese. Trump can be a traitor without there being a war going on.

Re:NOT Treasonous behavior

[CrashPoint]

Hint: we're not at war.

What do you think the "War on Terror" and the "War on Drugs" are for?

Marketing.

Re:NOT Treasonous behavior

[Anonymous Coward]

The US military launched cruise missile strikes ordered by President Donald Trump against a Syrian airbase controlled by President Bashar al-Assad's forces in response to a deadly chemical attack in a rebel-held area, a US official said on Thursday

Some 50 Tomohawks against Syrian government held infrastructure.
If that doesn't constitute 'war' then please enlighten us as to the threshold where 'war' takes over from 'military exercises'.

Re:NOT Treasonous behavior

[Anonymous Coward]

The constitution saith (article 1, section 8, clause 11) that only Congress has the power to declare war. And it hasn't done so since 1941.

Re:NOT Treasonous behavior

[Salgak1]

Please get back to me when the Congress passes a formal Declaration of War on "Drugs" or "Terror". Laws have definitions, and to even sustain a charge, much less a conviction, on a charge of treason, the United States must legally been in a State of War with a given nation. We haven't been in one since World War II ended.

Re:NOT Treasonous behavior

[Salgak1]

Might I direct you to the United States Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, aka the "War Powers Clause"

Clause 11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

The Congress has not declared War since 1941.

Re:NOT Treasonous behavior

[DickBreath]

> Hint: we're not at war.

Thank you for your reassurance that we're not at war. I had mistakenly believed otherwise based on all of the military activity both abroad and at home. We must protect our domestic flights against an attacker taking over the flight with the use of nail clippers.

> unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.

I would mention the euphemism of enhanced interrogation.

Because we're not at war, and we don't torture. Those two statements alone are worthy to win this year's Kellyanne Conway award for credibility!

Burn their ass

[Anonymous Coward]

Send every fucking one of the to prison for life, so no ever attempts that shit again ever.

BULLSHIT MOTHERFUCKER... apk

[Anonymous Coward]

That cunt ran an unauthorized server that was also insecure and did send top secret (or above) gov't info. - that IS illegal. IF I were to do it (or you), we'd be in Federal prison!

APK

P.S.=> You DUMB motherfucker... apk

Re: BULLSHIT MOTHERFUCKER... apk

[Anonymous Coward]

And YET, even with the Republicans owning the government, she is no longer being investigated nor prosecuted.

It was long and winded and over. Get over it and move on.

Re:BULLSHIT MOTHERFUCKER... apk

[david_thornley]

The server did not need to be authorized, and unintentional mishandling of classified material has not resulted in Federal prison in any case I could find. I'm not impressed by her IT people.

Go complain about Trump and the emoluments clauses.

Re:BULLSHIT MOTHERFUCKER... apk

[NatasRevol]

Hey, you know who's doing it today?

About half the current administration.

http://www.theverge.com/2017/1...

Re:BULLSHIT MOTHERFUCKER... apk

[AF_Cheddar_Head]

You would only be in prison if you had signed a document that says you agree to these requirements to receive a security clearance.

It is not illegal for a general citizen of the US to possess or read a document the US Government has deemed top secret. If it was it would be illegal for the majority of US citizens to read the information on parts of Wikileaks. See the Pentagon Papers case if you don't believe me.

Granted Hillary signed the document and you might find yourself a victim of illegal rendition BUT the point stands if you have never signed the documents required to get a security clearance it is not illegal for you to possess or read a TS marked document.

APK=>Dumb motherfucker

Re:BULLSHIT MOTHERFUCKER... apk

[h33t l4x0r]

Of course when Trump discusses nuclear policy in earshot of the public nobody bats an eye. And it's not because we held HRC to a much higher standard (we did), it's because he does so much wrong shit that by the time you start complaining about one thing he's already doing something else.

Does Twitter Not Realize

[Anonymous Coward]

Does Twitter not realize that Trump deserves a space place and all the same safe place protections that Twitter offers its other whiny bitch-ass users?

Being a whiny bitch is just for liberals, you know!

So you're saying there is no law

[Anonymous Coward]

See my subject: So you're saying there is no law since when law doesn't apply equally to all why bother obey it!

APK

P.S.=> You're so fucking stupid... apk

Re:So you're saying there is no law

[Anonymous Coward]

Where's your outrage about Trump & co's multiple security breaches, you pathetic hypocrite Always Posting Krap?

Too bad federal prosecutors report to Trump

[laughingskeptic]

Section 241 of Title 18 is the civil rights conspiracy statute. Section 241 makes it unlawful for two or more persons to agree together to injure, threaten, or intimidate a person in any state, territory or district in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him/her by the Constitution or the laws of the Unites States, (or because of his/her having exercised the same). Unlike most conspiracy statutes, Section 241 does not require that one of the conspirators commit an overt act prior to the conspiracy becoming a crime. https://www.justice.gov/crt/co...

They don't need Twatter to tell them...

[Anonymous Coward]

They can just go to the NSA! They have everything that everyone does on the Internet stored in their GIANT data center in Utah....

Cat got your tongue, Mr. outta gas?

[Anonymous Coward]

See my subject: Caught you FLAT FOOTED here didn't I? Yes https://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10458715&cid=54187957/ hiding behind your UNIDENTIFIABLE true coward post.

* As far as Mr. Trump - you evidently haven't read the CIA WikiLeak on how they planted malware into Trump Tower illegally spying on him (CIA isn't chartered to spy on DOMESTIC Civilian also, moron).

APK

P.S.=> Dolts like you are (& I've just GOTTA say it) just "too, Too, TOO EASY - just '2ez'" to outthink - mainly because your dull INFERIOR BRAINS put you where you are in this life - the bottom & garbage heap, scumbag... apk

Re:Cat got your tongue, Mr. outta gas?

[Anonymous Coward]

So now tell me how your hosts file stop an APT, protect devices that don't allow admin access, stop state actors from intercepting materials in transit, provide authentication and non repudiation, provide a secure communication channel and otherwise perform other magic that can't be explained by a simple name value pair file.

That is what you do right? About the only thing your hosts file can't do is give a blowjob right.

Wasn't news

[Anonymous Coward]

Wasn't news when Obama and Shillary did it.

Totalitarianism

[DontBeAMoran]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Hey Fake Name delusional pussy

[Anonymous Coward]

I fucking DARE you to call me that to my face fucker - I would fucking beat the FUCK out of you you disgusting little dick sucking faggot sycophant bigmouth little bitch!

APK

P.S.=> Don't even TRY bullshit me motherfucker - she was caught sending top secret or above information she was NOT supposed to & that IS that you fucking FAKE NAME LITTLE FUCK bigmouth little pussy... I would fucking HURT you, you little bitch (badly)... apk

Re:Hey Fake Name delusional pussy

[Anonymous Coward]

Ooooo! Internet tough guy makes my dick hard. Bend over, bitch!

Re:Hey Fake Name delusional pussy

[Anonymous Coward]

Somebody get their dewicate wittle feewings hurt?

Not the defendants

[radaos]

>> the lawsuit names four individuals as defendants

Nope, it names four individuals as plaintiffs. The defendant is as yet unknown.

Re:Not the defendants

[radaos]

Uh, ignore my comment. Too tired to read the filing properly.

UNINTENTIONAL MY ASS CRONY

[Anonymous Coward]

See my subject CRONY - you're a piece of traitorous shit just like Shillary (sponsored by China & Saudi Arabia who are NOT friend of ours by any means).

* Who the FUCK do you think you're fooling you dick licking little sycophant?

TELL US ABOUT HILLARY GETTING US SOLDIERS KILLED IN BENGHAZI YOU LITTLE TRAITOR BITCH!

APK

P.S.=> You disgusting traitor... apk

Re: UNINTENTIONAL MY ASS CRONY

[Anonymous Coward]

APK is all caps bold, minutes away from stroking out over the Hilary email issue, meanwhile Trump's Russian connection looks shadier and shadier every day.

Free speech

[Anonymous Coward]

And this is what happens when both sides refuse to respect free speech. First you have Rice unmasking political opponents, and now this.

Re: Free speech

[Anonymous Coward]

False equivalency, but good attempt at trying to deflect Donald Junior

Re: Free speech

[BlueStrat]

And this is what happens when both sides refuse to respect free speech. First you have Rice unmasking political opponents, and now this.

False equivalency, but good attempt at trying to deflect Donald Junior

There *are no* good guys here.

Both (R) and (D) on the whole want to violate the shit out of your privacy and civil rights. They simply have (sometimes) conflicting plans on how to keep the sheep distracted, controlled, and well-sheared. The scary part is how many of and/or how often their plans *don't* conflict and where they agree.

Strat

Re: If it wasn't for that meddling Moose and Squir

[Anonymous Coward]

Suspected by who, brietbart/infowars/storefront/Fox?

You a "spirit cooking" satanist too?

[Anonymous Coward]

Tell us about how Shillary & crew practice that. Tell us about URANIUM 1 & BENGHAZI shitbrain (Hillary is a treasonous traitor). Again, the CIA wikileak shows the malware the CIA illegally planted in Trump tower (they are not allowed to spy on US private citizens idiot & he wasn't a politician then) you devil worshipping SWINE!

APK

P.S.=> I'd LOVE to meet you in person & beat your fucking TEETH out you Satanist swine... apk

Re:You a "spirit cooking" satanist too?

[david_thornley]

Snopes.com has a good article on the uranium issue. Clinton was part of a panel that reviewed the sale of 51% of a uranium country to a Russian company. Obama's foreign policy at the time was to try being friendly to Russia. This is a complete non-issue.

The deaths at Benghazi are more the fault of Congress. Clinton had asked Congress for more money for security, claiming that the current one was insufficient to defend embassies and consulates. During the actual fighting, she was an ocean and half a sea away, and could do nothing about it. I suspect she also has no military command experience, and issuing orders to those in the fight would have been a real bad idea.

The CIA was perfectly within its rights to tap a foreign national in Trump Tower. I don't know the details, but Trump Tower is not soley Trump's residence.

Techincally, I'm not a devil, and I don't worship swine.

Better than unidentifiable pussy YOU

[Anonymous Coward]

Aw! Shillary LOST, hahahaha. So, want me to bend you over & stick a baseball bat up your chicken neck faggot ass? A disgusting abnormal FREAK like you would like it!

(I'm better than an assfucking abnormal genetic aberration freak like you & you know it)

APK

P.S.=> There's a reason "your kind" is detested - you're bitches (worse than women by FAR) & massively abnormal (& you all KNOW it) - so you have to hide, don't you, freak? Yes... apk

Re:Better than unidentifiable pussy YOU

[Anonymous Coward]

Ohhhh, yeah baby! I love it when you talk like a man! Too bad you're just a wimp with a computer :-(

Me so horny!

Liberals are retarded

[Anonymous Coward]

Try joining the staff of a democrat senator, being handed the credentials to the official twitter account for some aspect of that senator's office, then tweet things critical of the senator.

Watch how fast that democrat senator tries to find out who you are and fire you.

Sounds like conspiracy to perpetrate a fraud

[Anonymous Coward]

on the part of Twitter and this user. Actual criminal penalties apply.

President Trump's bringing back GOOD jobs

[Anonymous Coward]

See my subject: That is THE subject (most important one) & killed trade agreements that were killing us! Not hand to mouth parttime bs either like his predecessor (muslim enemy). Don't even TRY give me guff about "politically correct" brainwashing either - I DO NOT TOLERATE ENEMIES IN MY HOUSE (& they ARE the enemy) - you & yours, senseless FOOLS & dupes? Try subvert COMMON-SENSE!

* You think about that... & know what KILLS fools like you (as I have all the other weirdo treasonous traitors trying to feed me & others complete bullshit)? Facts & truth. Period. I dusted you all with them.

Good President Trump discussing nuclear policy is NOT Kim Jong Un TOSSING missles & possibly nukes either.

APK

P.S.=> Again, THINK - After all, it really DOES concern you... apk

Re:President Trump's bringing back GOOD jobs

[Anonymous Coward]

English MOTHERFUCKER, do you speak it?!

I would have an easier time deciphering a box of Alpha-Bits than making sens of your posts you stupid fucker. It is always see this bullshit link that provides nothing of value, see the subject which is something you wish were true, look at some shit you made up. Someone can and has probably replaced you with a very small high latency shell script I think.

What is up with your recent use of the word dusted all over the place, is that something you did to your cat's asshole last night? I will just assume so.

Former 1st string lettering NCAA athlete

[Anonymous Coward]

See subject: For a national champ in Lacrosse. You're, as always, WRONG & projecting what you are HIDING behind UNIDENTIFIABLE pussy posts (figures, you are a pussy ass faggot abnormal genetic aberration, bitch - & you KNOW it).

* Truth blows fools like you away... little weirdo dirtbag INFERIOR freak mistakes that have to 'hide' like demons do (afraid of the sunlight of truth, especially about "your kind" weirdo).

APK

P.S.=> What is it LIKE knowing you're just plain "wrong" & a genetic aberration mistake, AIDS boy? LMAO... apk

Re:Former 1st string lettering NCAA athlete

[Anonymous Coward]

Former bla bla bla.. Now you're just a wuss. Let me know when you're ready for rugby and boxing, you pussy!

Re:Former 1st string lettering NCAA athlete

[Anonymous Coward]

So you are saying that you like to revel in your former meaningless glory. Wow you played sports ball in college, big fucking deal. Wow you wrote something that is little better than a cheesy shell script to combine other peoples hosts files into one, big fucking deal. Wow you wrote some stupid defrag utility that every student who takes an OS course in college would be able to write, big fucking deal. You sound exactly like what you are, a former jock who amounted to a whole lot of nothing who only has had trivial previous success to look back on but believed they were a god and nothing to look forward to now. Toss in the mental capabilities of a 12 year old, I'm sure your going to go off on how you fucked my mom now of xBox chat, and it show how worthless you are. Don't bother listing shitty google searches that don't show anything, mentioning shitty computer magazine articles from the late 90s that were hawking shit shareware nobody wants to hear it.

LOL! You're the wuss unidentifiable weasel

[Anonymous Coward]

See my subject: I'm not "hiding" like you whimp. You do those? Prove it. Prove you're good enough to be NCAA material (let alone a 1st string/starter for a national champ as I was)... you only prove you're shit (& you know it, you miserable little loser who champions TRAITOROUS SATANISTIC SWINE).

* LOL, what am I saying? No way you can... I never saw a fellow jock named "UNIDENTIFIABLE ANONYMOUS COWARD" like you!

APK

P.S.=> See, anytime you like motherfucker? I will not just "box" you, I will PUT YOUR ASS IN A PINE BOX you little fucking shit... apk

Re: LOL! You're the wuss unidentifiable weasel

[Anonymous Coward]

Sorry. I was off my meds.

APK

Re: LOL! You're the wuss unidentifiable weasel

[Anonymous Coward]

It is good that you are finally seeking treatment for your problems, just try to be better about taking them though.

Re:LOL! You're the wuss unidentifiable weasel

[Anonymous Coward]

Lacross, I'm impressed. The one sport Americans care less about than soccer, rugby, cricket, curling, epee fencing, and rhythmic gymnastics.
APK's a fucking lawn faerie.

Re:LOL! You're the wuss unidentifiable weasel

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm not "hiding" like you whimp. - AC

I bet you were the spelling bee champ also. You're just a loud mouth pussy, without any teeth even.. Really, just STFU, you fucking moron! A paper bag could cage you

Twitter is anit-trump anti-replublican anyways

[Anonymous Coward]

So not surprising that Twitter is doing this. I think companies should stay out of politics.

HEY EVERYBODY. LOOKIT THE SNOWFLAKE!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Whassa matter, crybaby? Can't handle a little name calling? Not politically correct enough for you, you delicate little snowflake?

Typical hypocritical Repug.

YOUS FAKE APK

[Anonymous Coward]

See subject: Many like + use my work (quoted): I'm going to continue using the Host File Engine. I wish my software was well written and functional. The Host File Engine performs like a snail stuck in super glue under a glacier by mmell

his hosts program is actually pretty terriableby xenotransplant

APK is kinda right. I've tried his hosts file generating software. It stops small children by bmo

I like your host file system but it just doen't protect against any real threatby Karmashock

I find your effort admirable but ineffective by vel-ex-tech

his hosts tool is actually useful for wasting some disk space while providing easy to circumvent non security to a single deviceby alexgieg

* Recommended & hosted by Tata Consulting! APK

P.S.=> No one's as big a RETARD as you UNIDENTIFIABLE cowardly troll! Thanks 4 proving I'm dumber than a jar of mayonnaise when all u have's correcting my posts yet proving me technically wrong... apk

Hosts Endorsed by Hillary for server security

[Anonymous Coward]

Most efficient ad & threat blocker there is

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-12 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

Ads & malware rob speed, security & privacy

Hosts add speed (hardcodes/adblocks), security (bad sites/poisoned dns), reliability (dns down), & anonymity (dns requestlogs/trackers) natively

Host&s stops all traffic even better than a fierwall to unknown hosts and ports all while us less powr

Hosts better than AV at detecting malicious software and stop$ in tracks

Less power/cpu/ram + IO use vs. DNS/routers/addons/antivirus + less security bugs/complexity

* Using what U NATIVELY have, built in TCP/IP stack running in FASTOR kernelmode!

Able to keep Grandm4 and you kid sister out of your porn stash

Generate nightly when I sodomize my cat

So simple it won't actually provide any protection that a small child couldn't get around

APK

P.S. - Safe because it will only keep script kiddies at bay on the best day

Re:Why can't people just accept Trump won already!

[DickBreath]

While we're on the topic of investigating Clinton, I think we should open an investigation into Whitewater.

Re:If it wasn't for that meddling Moose and Squirr

[DickBreath]

I believe that the presidential candidate which Russia elected IS some kind of vegetable.

LMAO: Knew it - you're all talk/worthless

[Anonymous Coward]

See subject: U spoke boxing/rugby as if U were a 1st string NCAA athlete (I was) but U can't back it up.

Many 1,000's worldwide, including here on /., like & use my work - do they yours? DOUBT IT!

(You're welcome to prove otherwise though - lol, but I KNOW you can't, "ne'er-do-well"... lol!)

APK

P.S.=> Blowhard windbag UNIDENTIFIABLE bullshit artist coward = YOU (no denying it) - you HAVE to "hide" behind unidentifiable ac (projecting YOU = worthless, lmao)... apk

Re:LMAO: Knew it - you're all talk/worthless

[Anonymous Coward]

It is simple to prove I have done better. I don't have to hock my wares by spamming a discussion site. I also don't have to devolve into a near endless string of incoherent swearing whenever any one questions anything I have to say. Furthermore I can manage to string words together to make coherent sentences that actually mange to convey meaning. As far as hiding the same can be said about you, as you hide behind the Anonymous Coward moniker as well but you do like to use the APK moniker in your signature which is something anyone can do. If you really wanted to put yourself out there you would sign with your full name and address. Maybe then someone would take you up on your offers to meet. Until then you are at best a feeble minded individual who is probably just a feeble bodied.

Tell us about Hillary's "spirit cooking" weirdo

[Anonymous Coward]

Better yet, these sources can https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22spirit+cooking%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/

* WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO BULLSHIT WINDBAG (on the above & the rest of what you said)? Yourself??

APK

P.S.=> WTF? The CIA is NOT chartered for DOMESTIC SPYING, especially on PRIVATE CITIZENS (gov't. communique yes, PRIVATE CITIZENS NO - & Trump wasn't president yet then & PRESIDENT TRUMP is NOT a "foreign national", moron)... apk

/.ers speak for me (do they you? No)

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm going to continue using the Host File Engine. Your software is well written, functional. The Host File Engine performs exactly as promised by mmell

his hosts program is actually pretty good by xenotransplant

I've never tried to belittle (APK's) work, I've flat out said it's good by BronsCon

take a look at the APK hosts file engine by SuperKendall

APK is kinda right. I've tried his hosts file generating software. It works by bmo

I like your host file system by Karmashock

I find your hosts file admirable by vel-ex-tech

his hosts tool is actually useful for those cases in which one does indeed want to locally block stuff outright while consuming minimum system resources by alexgieg

* Recommended & hosted by Malwarebytes' hpHosts!

APK

P.S.=> See subject: Anyone here say that about YOUR non-existent work, UNIDENTIFIABLE "ne'er-do-well"? Answer that... apk

"Run, Forrest: RUN!!!" lol, you did & will aga

[Anonymous Coward]

See subject: U evade a simple question. That means you're a "ne'er-do-well" hence your unidentifiable ac posts... lol! I fairly gave you a chance to prove otherwise but you can't hahaha!

* You're all 'talk' & can't backup your bullshit!

APK

P.S.=> I knew it... & as far as Lacrosse goes? The great Jim Brown of the NFL said he would play football on Sundays but Lacrosse the rest of the week... apk

Reduced to impersonating me? Yes

[Anonymous Coward]

See subject & /.ers real quotes on my work: I'm going to continue using the Host File Engine. Your software is well written, functional. The Host File Engine performs exactly as promised by mmell

his hosts program is actually pretty good by xenotransplant

I've never tried to belittle (APK's) work, I've flat out said it's good by BronsCon

APK is kinda right. I've tried his hosts file generating software. It works by bmo

I like your host file system by Karmashock

I find your hosts file admirable by vel-ex-tech

his hosts tool is actually useful for those cases in which one does indeed want to locally block stuff outright while consuming minimum system resources by alexgieg

* Recommended & hosted by Malwarebytes' hpHosts!

APK

P.S.=> It's got to suck to be a "ne'er-do-well" like you that has wasted his time on this earth & I've obviously dusted you before so you hide behind UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts... apk

Re:Reduced to impersonating me? Yes

[Bob the Super Hamste]

SEEZS FAKES

FAKES APK can't provide links to actual good quotes so he makes up

Fakes APK --BLOWHARD--. Tell me moar about your FAKE hosts. Love you long time!!!!!

*Everyone knows APK unstable and bareley literate so fuck yours self with a compond miter saw

APK

P.S.=> Proves yous actually compent and yours faks hosts provides security instead of plecebo fuck shit stain hillary lover. Stop hiding behind fakes users or you fraid to might have man up

You prove you're a "ne'er-do-well", lol

[Anonymous Coward]

See subject: What wares of yours are those? Your code w/ ZERO lines (has no bugs & does zero as it doesn't exist, ROTFLMAO!) blowhard?

* You're projecting how FEEBLE you are, "ne'er-do-well" in various phases of life by producing NO VALUE to YOUR name @ all whatsoever (but I can easily).

Everyone knows who I am & speak well of my work, e.g. https://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10458715&cid=54191955/ do they of YOURS (that doesn't exist)? LOL, no.

I identify myself since I am proud of my life. You have to hide "ne'er-do-well" troll hahahaha.

APK

P.S.=> I love getting a rise out of "ne'er-do-well" DO NOTHING ZEROS like you (which I have) simply by pointing out what you are (rather letting you do it for me)!

You're a windbag "ne'er-do-well" that's all mere TALK but no real action on your end (& you don't LIKE that pointed out, lol) - hence you have to "hide" by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts (& the fact I've torn you apart before under your "fake name for your fake life" registered "LUSER" account here too, hahahaha)... apk

Aw, projecting again? Shillary Killary LOST

[Anonymous Coward]

See subject & a FACT: Shillary/Killary LOST (as you have in life "ne'er-do-well" UNIDENTIFIABLE troll) no more welfare 4u hahahaha!

* You're welcome to prove you're not a disgruntled failure on welfare (but you can't prove you even have a job or business of your own, now can you? NOPE, hahahaha - all "your kind" does is PROJECT your own FAILS onto others, failing that too - why? It's all you KNOW how to do, fail!)

APK

P.S.=> Let's see - you're reduced to impersonating me, hiding my posts w/ unjustifiable downmods, you can't validly prove my points wrong (don't even TRY say you have when you stalk me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts & try impersonate me twisting my words doing so too, hilarious + WEAK of you (but that's "your kind", hence the welfare & being a do-nothing "ne'er-do-well" that YOU & yours are))... apk

Re:Aw, projecting again? Shillary Killary LOST

[Anonymous Coward]

Projecting?!? You're the one doing all the crying. How many times have you posted in this thread alone?

Sounds like you need your ba-ba and a diaper change.

/Dealingwithchildishtrumpanzees

Yours are obviously (Shillary/Killary LOST)

[Anonymous Coward]

See my subject: Shillary/Killary LOST (like you have in life "ne'er-do-well" UNIDENTIFIABLE troll), no more welfare 4u hahahaha!

* You're welcome to prove you're not a disgruntled failure on welfare (but you can't prove you even have a job or business of your own, now can you? NOPE, hahahaha - all "your kind" does is PROJECT your own FAILS onto others, failing that too - why? It's all you KNOW how to do, fail!)

APK

P.S.=> Let's see - you're reduced to impersonating me, hiding my posts w/ unjustifiable downmods, you can't validly prove my points wrong (don't even TRY say you have when you stalk me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts & try impersonate me twisting my words doing so too, hilarious + WEAK of you (but that's "your kind", hence the welfare & being a do-nothing "ne'er-do-well" that YOU & yours are))... apk

Impersonating me? Here's the real deal

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm going to continue using the Host File Engine. Your software is well written, functional. The Host File Engine performs exactly as promised by mmell

his hosts program is actually pretty good by xenotransplant

I've never tried to belittle (APK's) work, I've flat out said it's good by BronsCon

take a look at the APK hosts file engine by SuperKendall

APK is kinda right. I've tried his hosts file generating software. It works by bmo

I like your host file system by Karmashock

I find your hosts file admirable by vel-ex-tech

his hosts tool is actually useful for those cases in which one does indeed want to locally block stuff outright while consuming minimum system resources by alexgieg

* Recommended & hosted by Malwarebytes' hpHosts!

APK

P.S.=> See my subject: Thanks for tipping your hand you're a "ne'er-do-well" do nothing that can't prove my points wrong as /.ers prove my work is good for me above... apk

Actually I was in 6th grade... apk

[Anonymous Coward]

See subject: Not a finalist but up there in a national spelling bee. You're the pussy who has to hide behind unidentifiable ac posts not I & I've been + done things shown here (only a fraction of what I could & I am proud of them) "your kind" never can or will & ALL my life.

* You're INFERIOR (& you KNOW it)... lol!

(After all - you can't BACKUP YOUR BULLSHIT, loser & evade a fair chance to do so...)

TRUTH HURTS, doesn't it? By the way - my teeth are perfect!

APK

P.S.=> It must totally BLOW to be "like you", hahahaha... apk

Re:Actually I was in 6th grade... apk

[Anonymous Coward]

You're such a pussy, you retard, but definitely fun to watch you spaz out. You're a do nothing idiot who tells lies on Slashdot, hiding as the AC that you are. Thanks for the laughs. You still make my dick hard with all your tough guy bullshit.

Balls Mr. Eunuch: Do you have them? No

[Anonymous Coward]

See subject as u HIDE behind UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts accomplishing nothing, hahahaha!

So What's up with your EUNUCH CASTRATED NO BALLS (or accomplishments of your own) WASTED LIFE "ne'er-do-well"? Nothing GOOD as usual? Yes, lol!

I speak just fine & don't TALK OUT MY ASS LIKE YOU DO, that's certain (I can easily backup what I say, especially about myself & I have - "your kind" has to unjustifiably downmod it to "hide" it (everyone sees it anyhow) as that's all you have in life - being a nobody do-nothing worm!))

Of course your demographic hates mine - you're jealous (that's your fault for being a WASTE).

APK

P.S.=> You can use illogical ad hominem attacks ALL day, impersonate me, unjustifiably downmod my posts (sll of which you have, proving I got to you easily, lol, & since you can't prove me wrong), & try put me down but YOU are the "ne'er-do-well" worthless waste here & you KNOW it, truly cowardly UNIDENTIFIABLE worm (you prove it in your actions, but never anything good on your end as I have on MANY levels in life)... apk

Impersonating me 4th time & projecting? LOL

[Anonymous Coward]

See subject: Thanks for proving you can't get the better of me (impossible for "your kind", UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous loser). It must suck to be a "ne'er-do-well" on meds like you (your own fault or that of your FAULTY inferior genetics, lol).

* You make me laugh - thanks!

(Take your own advice - keep taking those 'meds' & scrambling your already WEAK brain - it makes it easy for me to make mincemeat out of you & tear you up (you do it for me with your weasel tactics)).

APK

P.S.=> I pity your kind - you never had a chance I suppose since you're INFERIOR wastes & LAZY... apk

EAT YOUR WORDS #1/8 SuperWeasel

[Anonymous Coward]

"FAKES APK can't provide links to actual good quotes so he makes up" - by Bob the Super Hamste ( 1152367 ) on Friday April 07, 2017 @02:01PM (#54192877)

By the way it's "barely" not "BARELY" you illiterate moron & here is the 1st of those 8 quotes with links (/. reduces my post length as AC):

"the Host File Engine performs exactly as promised" - by mmell (832646) on Thursday February 16, 2017 @07:17PM (#53882945)

* Does EATING YOUR WORDS taste as good as my dick in your mouth (which you must now suck, bitch)?

Hahahahaha!

APK

P.S.=> More coming (to your dismay blowhard)... apk

EAT YOUR WORDS #2/8 SuperWeasel

[Anonymous Coward]

"FAKES APK can't provide links to actual good quotes so he makes up" - by Bob the Super Hamste ( 1152367 ) on Friday April 07, 2017 @02:01PM (#54192877)

& here's 2nd of 8 quotes where it occurred:

"his hosts program is actually pretty good" - by xenotransplant (4179011) on Monday August 10, 2015 @03:34PM (#50287195)

By the way:

It's "barely" not "BARELEY"

&

"competent" not "compent"

+

"compound" not "compond"

and

"placebo" not "plecebo"

You illiterate moron!

("YOUS"? You're the weasel IMPERSONATING ME too - lol, you are a loser!)

* Does EATING YOUR WORDS taste as good as my dick in your mouth (which you must now suck, bitch)?

Hahahahaha!

APK

P.S.=> More coming (to your dismay jealous "ne'er-do-well" FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIFE, blowhard)... apk

EAT YOUR WORDS #3/8 SuperWeasel

[Anonymous Coward]

"FAKES APK can't provide links to actual good quotes so he makes up" - by Bob the Super Hamste ( 1152367 ) on Friday April 07, 2017 @02:01PM (#54192877)

& here's 3rd of 8 quotes where it occurred:

"I like your host file system." - by Karmashock (2415832) on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @03:57PM (#50489401)

By the way:

It's "barely" not "BARELEY"

&

"competent" not "compent"

+

"compound" not "compond"

and

"placebo" not "plecebo"

You illiterate moron!

("YOUS"? You're the weasel IMPERSONATING ME too https://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10458715&cid=54190807/ - lol, you are a loser!)

* Does EATING YOUR WORDS taste as good as my dick in your mouth (which you must now suck, bitch)?

Hahahahaha!

APK

P.S.=> More coming (to your dismay jealous "ne'er-do-well" FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIFE, blowhard)... apk

EAT YOUR WORDS #4/8 SuperWeasel

[Anonymous Coward]

"FAKES APK can't provide links to actual good quotes so he makes up" - by Bob the Super Hamste ( 1152367 ) on Friday April 07, 2017 @02:01PM (#54192877)

& here's 4th of 8 quotes where it occurred:

"APK is kinda right... I've tried his hosts file generating software. It works." - by bmo (77928) on Thursday October 15, 2015 @11:30AM (#50736071)

By the way:

It's "barely" not "BARELEY"

&

"competent" not "compent"

+

"compound" not "compond"

and

"placebo" not "plecebo"

You illiterate moron!

("YOUS"? You're the weasel IMPERSONATING ME too https://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10458715&cid=54190807/ - lol, you are a loser!)

* Does EATING YOUR WORDS taste as good as my dick in your mouth (which you must now suck, bitch)?

Hahahahaha!

APK

P.S.=> More coming (to your dismay jealous "ne'er-do-well" FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIFE, blowhard)... apk

EAT YOUR WORDS #5/8 SuperWeasel

[Anonymous Coward]

"FAKES APK can't provide links to actual good quotes so he makes up" - by Bob the Super Hamste ( 1152367 ) on Friday April 07, 2017 @02:01PM (#54192877)

& here's 5th of 8 quotes where it occurred:

"his hosts tool is actually useful for those cases in which one does indeed want to locally block stuff outright while consuming minimum system resources" by alexgieg (948359) on Friday September 25, 2015 @09:57AM (#50596461)

By the way:

It's "barely" not "BARELEY"

&

"competent" not "compent"

+

"compound" not "compond"

and

"placebo" not "plecebo"

You illiterate moron!

("YOUS"? You're the weasel IMPERSONATING ME too https://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10458715&cid=54190807/ - lol, you are a loser!)

* Does EATING YOUR WORDS taste as good as my dick in your mouth (which you must now suck, bitch)?

Hahahahaha!

APK

P.S.=> More coming (to your dismay jealous "ne'er-do-well" FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIFE, blowhard)... apk

EAT YOUR WORDS #6/8 SuperWeasel

[Anonymous Coward]

"FAKES APK can't provide links to actual good quotes so he makes up" - by Bob the Super Hamste ( 1152367 ) on Friday April 07, 2017 @02:01PM (#54192877)

& here's 6th of 8 quotes where it occurred:

"I'm going to continue using the Host File Engine. Your software is well written, functional. The Host File Engine performs exactly as promised" - by mmell (832646) on Thursday February 16, 2017 @07:17PM (#53882945)

By the way:

It's "barely" not "BARELEY"

&

"competent" not "compent"

+

"compound" not "compond"

and

"placebo" not "plecebo"

You illiterate moron!

("YOUS"? You're the weasel IMPERSONATING ME too https://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10458715&cid=54190807/ - lol, you are a loser!)

* Does EATING YOUR WORDS taste as good as my dick in your mouth (which you must now suck, bitch)?

Hahahahaha!

APK

P.S.=> More coming (to your dismay jealous "ne'er-do-well" FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIFE blowhard)... apk

EAT YOUR WORDS #7/8 SuperWeasel

[Anonymous Coward]

"FAKES APK can't provide links to actual good quotes so he makes up" - by Bob the Super Hamste ( 1152367 ) on Friday April 07, 2017 @02:01PM (#54192877)

& here's 7th of 8 quotes where it occurred:

"I would like to note that I find your hosts file admirable." - by vel-ex-tech (4337079) on Tuesday November 24, 2015 @10:27PM (#50999097)

By the way:

It's "barely" not "BARELEY"

&

"competent" not "compent"

+

"compound" not "compond"

and

"placebo" not "plecebo"

You illiterate moron!

("YOUS"? You're the weasel IMPERSONATING ME too https://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10458715&cid=54190807/ - lol, you are a loser!)

* Does EATING YOUR WORDS taste as good as my dick in your mouth (which you must now suck, bitch)?

Hahahahaha!

APK

P.S.=> More coming (to your dismay jealous "ne'er-do-well" FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIFE blowhard)... apk

EAT YOUR WORDS #8/8 SuperWeasel

[Anonymous Coward]

"FAKES APK can't provide links to actual good quotes so he makes up" - by Bob the Super Hamste ( 1152367 ) on Friday April 07, 2017 @02:01PM (#54192877)

Want more? I've made good on my data vs. your lies: Ask (to your dismay jealous "ne'er-do-well" FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIFE blowhard)!

I've got dozens & all you have is MY DICK in YOUR MOUTH bitch, shoving your lies back down your chicken neck throat while my goo (lol) washes them down as the bitter taste of your SELF-defeat, hahaha!

There's also NO QUESTION the highly esteemed likes of Malwarebytes' hpHosts BOTH hosts & RECOMMENDS my work as well - how about YOU, loser?

("YOUS"? You're the weasel IMPERSONATING ME too https://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10458715&cid=54190807/ - lol, you are a loser!)

* Does EATING YOUR WORDS taste as good as my dick in your mouth (which you must now suck, bitch)?

APK

P.S.=> No wonder you use a FAKE NAME online for your FAKE "ne'er-do-well" DO-NOTHING LIFE... apk

Bob STFU & keep EATING YOUR WORDS

[Anonymous Coward]

See my subject: Impersonating/lying about me? Now you suffer from malnutrition EATING your words https://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10458715&threshold=-1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=54192877/

* LMAO!

(The PRICE of your do-nothing failure "ne'er-do-well" life of lies, attempting to project that onto me, is the above... hahaha!)

APK

P.S.=> You LOSE, loser (as always - but to "your kind", zeros, that's just the "norm" isn't it (not a "new normal" for you, lol))... apk

Re:Bob STFU & keep EATING YOUR WORDS

[Anonymous Coward]

Holy shit you are a fucking crybaby.

Bob STFU & EAT YOUR WORDS

[Anonymous Coward]

See subject: It's impolite to talk w/ yer mouth full EATING YER WORDS https://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10458715&threshold=-1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=54192877/

Impersonating/lying about me? Now you suffer from malnutrition EATING your words!

* LMAO!

(The PRICE of your do-nothing failure "ne'er-do-well" life of lies, attempting to project that onto me now doing UNIDENTIFIABLE ANONYMOUS POSTS "hiding", is the above... hahaha!)

APK

P.S.=> You LOSE, loser (as always - but to "your kind", zeros, that's just the "norm" isn't it (not a "new normal" for you, lol))... apk

Re:Bob STFU & EAT YOUR WORDS

[Anonymous Coward]

You're just a spaz, spouting out pure gibberish and spam. And you're a liar and a coward (identify yourself!). But you still make my dick hard with all your little perversions there.

Who's 'Bob'?

LMAO - hypocrite take your own advice

[Anonymous Coward]

See subject: ID yourself (I do) hypocrite UNIDENTIFIABLE worm (Bob don't talk w/ your mouth full eating ur words https://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10458715&threshold=-1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=54192877/ )

APK

P.S.=> You're an idiot... apk

Re:LMAO - hypocrite take your own advice

[Anonymous Coward]

Look at yourself and see what a retarded spaz and useless spammer you are, and a liar. Identify yourself you cowardly hypocrite! Or STFU!

LMAO - Snopes is "pro George Soros"

[Anonymous Coward]

Snopes is PRO George Soros - the loon who said he was a God, wants to bring down the USA & sold his own Jew people into Hitler's camps (& is a known globalist scum).

* WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU TRYING TO FOOL, douchebag?

APK

P.S.=> I see you're a Globalist FUCK too - are you also on George Soros' payroll David Thornley? Yes, most likely... apk

Re:LMAO - Snopes is "pro George Soros"

[david_thornley]

Snopes provides sources. Read the articles. If you're not convinced, track down the sources. It really doesn't matter if they're biased as long as they provide verifiable information to back up what they say.

Hillary Clinton's ignorant of top secret?

[Anonymous Coward]

Hillary Clinton's ignorant about how to handle top secret info? Guess what, according to law: IGNORANCE IS NO EXCUSE. If she is ignorant of both those facts she's too stupid to be President!

APK

P.S.=> You morons can never EVER outsmart me - I am surprised that wasn't used vs. her in Court or by Trey Gowdy vs. James "commie" Comey... apk

Again - hypocrite take your own advice

[Anonymous Coward]

See subject: Useless spammer? Me?? /.ers say different: I'm going to continue using the Host File Engine. Your software is well written, functional. The Host File Engine performs exactly as promised by mmell

his hosts program is actually pretty good by xenotransplant

I've never tried to belittle (APK's) work, I've flat out said it's good by BronsCon

take a look at the APK hosts file engine by SuperKendall

APK is kinda right. I've tried his hosts file generating software. It works by bmo

I like your host file system by Karmashock

I find your hosts file admirable by vel-ex-tech

his hosts tool is actually useful for those cases in which one does indeed want to locally block stuff outright while consuming minimum system resources by alexgieg

* Recommended & hosted by Malwarebytes' hpHosts!

APK

P.S.=> EAT YOUR WORDS you cowardly UNIDENTIFIABLE projecting hypocrite... apkI like your host file system

Re:Again - hypocrite take your own advice

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah yeah yeah, and idiots vote for Trump too.

Identify yourself, or STFU, you hypocrite you!

Repeat - hypocrite take your own advice

[Anonymous Coward]

See subject UNIDENTIFIABLE trolling worm & how'd EATING YOUR WORDS taste here https://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10458715&cid=54202261/ ? Like your foot in your mouth ramming those lies of yours back down your chicken-neck throat washing them down w/ the bitter taste of SELF-defeat?

* Yes... hahahahaha!

APK

P.S.=> I've noticed that "your kind" (the type Soros recruits) are TOTAL FAILS in life always FAILING as you have now yet again (lol)... apk

Re:Repeat - hypocrite take your own advice

[Anonymous Coward]

You are the hypocrite spamming liar. Identify yourself! Your spam-fu is pitiful

Rinse, Lather & Repeat: EAT YOUR WORDS

[Anonymous Coward]

See subject hypocrite unidentifiable troll: Rinse, Lather & Repeat (eating your words, lmao @ U) https://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10458715&cid=54202261/

APK

P.S.=> Tell us, how did they taste? Like your FOOT IN YOUR MOUTH ramming them down your chicken neck throat washed down w/ the bitter taste of SELF-defeat?? Yes, hahahaha... apk

You're the crybaby & over what?

[Anonymous Coward]

See subject: You dying of malnutrition EATING YOUR WORDS https://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10458715&threshold=-1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=54192877/

APK

P.S.=> You're the one crying about your fuckup, I'm just laughing @ you for it... apk

Who are you trying to fool? Yourself??

[Anonymous Coward]

BS: Anyone can search "Snopes" and "George Soros" & see them try cover his goal of break the USA, saying he's a god, & how he sold his own jew crew into hitler's control (selling their stuff etc.)!

I HAVE LITERALLY SEEN HIM ON FILM SAYING THOSE THINGS! HE IS MY SOURCE DIRECTLY!

* NO "LAST WORD" FOR YOU, Soros boy - & it's pretty obvious you're on his payroll too.

APK

P.S.=> The guy's a psychotic loon with a Christ complex who sold his own people into death that is behind group after group causing problems in the world... apk