This issue hits home with me a great deal as I have been bagged, tagged, and am currently under investigation by the FBI for cybercrime. As such I've become all too familiar with the FBI's methods and cyber-crime infrastructure.
Following 9/11 the US government, as we all know, molded the Patriotic Act and the Homeland Security Act to their needs. These later kick started the Critical Infrastructure Protection Board in to high gear. In 2003 the FBI formed Computer Intrusion Squads or Computer Hacking & Intrusion Prevention Squads. The US government has cleverly nicked these as CHIP or CHIPS units (I would have prefered Eric Estrada knocking on my door!). This spread like wild-fire and prompted the FBI to form CHIPS teams in all major cities. I was investigated and arrested by the CHIPS.
This new treaty/pact now allows the FBI to become likened to an international force much like their cousins the CIA. Allowing the foreign governments with their policies to infiltrate our country is a small price to pay for extending the reach and power of the FBI and the US government in general. Ofcourse this is at the expense of not only our rights as Americans but the common person on a global scale. Hmmmm.... can anyone say 'world domination'?
Certainly all the government in all the world cannot monitor all the data in all the world. However, many people will suffer needlessly for such petty crimes as reading email without permission along with the dangerous hardcore hackers. It's almost like spending 5 years for smoking marijuana (I don't smoke).
I am certainly disgusted and our government continues to leave a bad taste in my mouth.
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I blow my wind in your general direction!
I guess we have something in common. She was screwed by Bill and I am getting screwed by George.
This issue hits home with me a great deal as I have been bagged, tagged, and am currently under investigation by the FBI for cybercrime. As such I've become all too familiar with the FBI's methods and cyber-crime infrastructure.
Following 9/11 the US government, as we all know, molded the Patriotic Act and the Homeland Security Act to their needs. These later kick started the Critical Infrastructure Protection Board in to high gear. In 2003 the FBI formed Computer Intrusion Squads or Computer Hacking & Intrusion Prevention Squads. The US government has cleverly nicked these as CHIP or CHIPS units (I would have prefered Eric Estrada knocking on my door!). This spread like wild-fire and prompted the FBI to form CHIPS teams in all major cities. I was investigated and arrested by the CHIPS.
This new treaty/pact now allows the FBI to become likened to an international force much like their cousins the CIA. Allowing the foreign governments with their policies to infiltrate our country is a small price to pay for extending the reach and power of the FBI and the US government in general. Ofcourse this is at the expense of not only our rights as Americans but the common person on a global scale. Hmmmm.... can anyone say 'world domination'?
Certainly all the government in all the world cannot monitor all the data in all the world. However, many people will suffer needlessly for such petty crimes as reading email without permission along with the dangerous hardcore hackers. It's almost like spending 5 years for smoking marijuana (I don't smoke).
I am certainly disgusted and our government continues to leave a bad taste in my mouth.