[HN Gopher] When the CIA spied on American citizens, using pigeons
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When the CIA spied on American citizens, using pigeons
Author : prismatic
Score : 24 points
Date : 2023-01-11 22:29 UTC (1 days ago)
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| hammock wrote:
| Is it legal for the CIA to spy on American citizens?
| Natsu wrote:
| I mean, the FBI once blackmailed MLK -
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| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI%E2%80%93King_suicide_lette...
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| There was also a lot of uproar about abuses back in the 1970s.
| aliqot wrote:
| Question was about the CIA. The two are not the same.
| Natsu wrote:
| * * *
| raincom wrote:
| Indirectly, yes. They can use foreign intel agencies to spy on
| Americans; they can use third parties (Twitter, Facebook,
| cellular networks, your cars, and all data brokers) to spy on
| you, thanks to the third-party doctrine.
| skyyler wrote:
| Does legality matter to the CIA?
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| What entity could bring meaningful complaints against them?
| yodon wrote:
| See for example [0]
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| [0]https://www.brown.edu/Research/Understanding_the_Iran_Cont
| ra...
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| kube-system wrote:
| Birds aren't real!
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| Oarch wrote:
| The real conspiracy is the fake conspiracy was real all along!
| annoyingnoob wrote:
| My 3rd grade teacher was into Pigeon Racing. There were always
| some that never made it home, attrition was higher than you'd
| think.
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