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Re: [tor-talk] Raid of LFM studio over supposed access of onion site by unknown party
Only way is to fight fire with fire , we at the tor community will never give up against fighting against gov or simular anti-tor factors , thnks for the info
Chris <tmail299@xxxxxxxxxxx> skrev: (26 mars 2016 17:31:46 CET)
>I thought I'd just bring to the attention of the Tor community a very
>public (it was recorded and those involved have spoken about it) raid
>that occurred upon which the FBI listed in the warrant an onion site
>that was connected to what appears to have been Playpen where child
>porn
>was being distributed by the FBI. In this incident they placed bits of
>code on users of the sites systems which enabled them to identify the
>user's IP.
>
>While it is believe that the home and studio that was raided did not
>contain any child pornography the objective seems to have been to
>discredit a very public critic of the FBI: Ian Freeman.
>
>http://freekeene.com/2016/03/22/news-and-blog-coverage-of-fbi-raid/
>https://www.freetalklive.com/archives
>
>This appears to be a direct attack on political persons in the
>libertarian community. It is not the first attack. Local government
>raided the KAT (Keen Activist Center, which I believe is the same
>place)
>a few years back and there have been many other legal attacks on Ian
>and
>other libertarians in the community. Including an attack on James
>Cleveland for recording the police (he won) and Rich Paul (he was
>arrested for selling pot, but the actual amount was insignificant, and
>immediately tried to get him to be an informant on the KAT, he turned
>that down and went to trial, and got a year, but risked spending as
>much
>as 100 years in doing so). Among many other legal shenanigans... all
>for
>being peaceful activists...
>
>Anyway- I thought people may want to keep an eye on this. People wonder
>
>why we need Tor. Well, not only do we need it overseas we need it right
>
>here in the United States. If you speak publicly against the mainstream
>
>or against the FBI's choices (like distributing child porn, which two
>weeks earlier was covered by the show, and they were critical of the
>FBI
>in doing this) you might just get raided. I am not aware of the FBI
>actually raiding anybody else in connection to Playpen (or users
>anyway,
>yet) so it seems quite politically motivated. I'm also a little
>doubtful
>there ever actually was a connection here. Somebody 'accidentally'
>misread something and testified to get the warrant in order to
>discredit
>them or similar is my suspicion right now. They'll probably find
>something, but it won't be child porn, and even if they did, I'd call
>it
>suspect, given all the facts. The FBI aren't angels and play dirty all
>the time. Yet- we are suppose to trust them, the courts, etc and the
>convictions (or guilty pleas when they twist your arm so there are no
>other options of defense).
>
>
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