[HN Gopher] Operation Whistle Pig: Inside the secret CBP unit wi...
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       Operation Whistle Pig: Inside the secret CBP unit with no rules
        
       Author : jbegley
       Score  : 62 points
       Date   : 2021-12-11 15:25 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (news.yahoo.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (news.yahoo.com)
        
       | andybak wrote:
       | No idea what CBP is and the first few paragraphs gave no clue. Is
       | it a widely known TLA? Did I miss a memo?
        
         | pjbeam wrote:
         | Customs and Border Protection
        
         | chromatin wrote:
         | US Customs and Border Protection
        
           | nraynaud wrote:
           | to add a bit, it's part of the DHS mentionned later,
           | Department of Homeland Security. It's the giant paranoid
           | agency that spies on pretty much everybody in one form or
           | another.
        
         | sneak wrote:
         | One of the dirtiest, most corrupt, and violent branches of US
         | federal law enforcement.
        
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       | kingcharles wrote:
       | > That afternoon, Rambo reached out to Watkins using the address
       | jackbentleyesq@gmail.com, which he later described as an "off
       | network" account sanctioned by the Counter Network Division.
       | 
       | That is actually a felony under many state laws, and could be a
       | crime under federal law too.
        
       | runnerup wrote:
       | I think a key quote from the CBP agent is:
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       | > "When a name comes across your desk you run it through every
       | system you have access to, that's just status quo, that's what
       | everyone does," Rambo told investigators.
       | 
       | I suspect this to be generally true from the lowest local law
       | enforcement officers to the highest levels of intelligence
       | officers. And it is a major concern of having systems like PRISM
       | available for use -- I generally don't see purely
       | paperwork/purely legal process protections like "oh it requires a
       | warrant" actually preventing LEO's from using these systems.
       | 
       | Something like Google's or Facebook's (current-day) systems which
       | make it impossible for individual employees to search through
       | private information might be more appropriate, but I generally
       | wouldn't trust implementations of these in the government.
        
       | test1235 wrote:
       | https://archive.md/7MshA
        
       | hedora wrote:
       | Does anyone know of an article that sticks to the relevant facts?
       | (Without burning pages and pages on speak easies, gap teeth,
       | sexual intrigue, etc.)
        
         | syspec wrote:
         | Wikipedia. And while we're at it let's get rid of salt, pepper
         | and other spices.
        
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