Ya' think we're being watched?
Bob Luken
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With all the snooping the NSA and FBI and everybody else does trying to expose terrorist threats, you ever wonder if ours and other cigar forums have come to their attention because of our use of certain words? I'm guessing that with all the talk of explosives on the forums they've had to check us out a couple of times at least. I bet they think we're are a bunch of A-holes for using the B word so much.
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...only one letter apart (W.)
"sniper" is also on that list. i wonder how many times our very own sniper has been checked out based on forum name alone.
"halibut" is on that list. not sure why but that is one tasty fish.
if "torchwood" and "the doctor" was on there i feel i could justify the word "nerd" being on there.
Snippet from the list...
MSCJ, MIT, 69, RIT, Time, MSEE, Cable & Wireless, CSE, SUW, J2, Embassy, ETA, Fax, finks, Fax encryption, white noise, Fernspah, MYK, GAFE, forcast, import, rain, tiger, buzzer, N9, pink noise, CRA, M.P.R.I., top secret, Mossberg, 50BMG, Macintosh Security, Macintosh Internet Security, OC3, Macintosh Firewalls, Unix Security, VIP Protection, SIG,
What i believe is most scary is not that they have the power to do such things, but that people are actually offended and surprised it. Please do not interpret this as condoning such intrusive behaviours as acceptable, but the premise is based upon the ideology of protecting the masses from the few crazies.
Anyway, an interesting read here on how it was done in the good old days, make note of the dates of this stuff: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/12/top-secret-your-briefing-on-the-cias-cold-war-spy-satellite-big-bird/250629/
ROFL!!!