tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post620460085415187500..comments2023-10-29T05:29:58.599-04:00Comments on Right-Side-of-Lowell: The Petraeus Imbroglio ExpandsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post-87232315052537654452012-11-16T16:19:36.456-05:002012-11-16T16:19:36.456-05:00Greenwald on the Electronic surveillance aspect:
...Greenwald on the Electronic surveillance aspect:<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/13/petraeus-surveillance-state-fbi<br /><br />"That is the first disturbing fact: it appears that the FBI not only devoted substantial resources, but also engaged in highly invasive surveillance, for no reason other than to do a personal favor for a friend of one of its agents, to find out who was very mildly harassing her by email."<br /><br />"So all based on a handful of rather unremarkable emails sent to a woman fortunate enough to have a friend at the FBI, the FBI traced all of Broadwell's physical locations, learned of all the accounts she uses, ended up reading all of her emails, investigated the identity of her anonymous lover (who turned out to be Petraeus), and then possibly read his emails as well. They dug around in all of this without any evidence of any real crime - at most, they had a case of "cyber-harassment" more benign than what regularly appears in my email inbox and that of countless of other people - and, in large part, without the need for any warrant from a court." Mr. Lynnehttp://www.leftinlowell.comnoreply@blogger.com