GOVERNMENT/MEDIA COMPLEX: FBI Creates Fake News Link Infected With Tracking Software...

[paulitician]

Still think Big Brother and Corporate Media aren't one entity? Well, think again. There is no 'Independent' American MSM. Another 'Loony Conspiracy Theory' proven to be Conspiracy Fact.


The FBI in Seattle created a fake news story on a bogus Seattle Times web page to plant software in the computer of a suspect in a series of bomb threats to Lacey’s Timberline High School in 2007, according to documents obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in San Francisco.

The deception was publicized Monday when Christopher Soghoian, the principal technologist for the American Civil Liberties Union in Washington, D.C., revealed it on Twitter.

In an interview, Soghoian called the incident “outrageous” and said the practice could result in “significant collateral damage to the public trust” if law enforcement begins co-opting the media for its purposes.

The EFF documents reveal that the FBI dummied up a story with an Associated Press byline about the Thurston County bomb threats with an email link “in the style of The Seattle Times,” including details about subscriber and advertiser information.

The link was sent to the suspect’s MySpace account. When the suspect clicked on the link, the hidden FBI software sent his location and Internet Protocol information to the agents. A juvenile suspect was identified and arrested June 14.

The revelation brought a sharp response from the newspaper.

“We are outraged that the FBI, with the apparent assistance of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, misappropriated the name of The Seattle Times to secretly install spyware on the computer of a crime suspect,” said Seattle Times Editor Kathy Best.

“Not only does that cross a line, it erases it,” she said...

FBI created fake Seattle Times Web page to nab bomb-threat suspect Local News The Seattle Times
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[paulitician]

The Government/Media Complex is out of control. It's getting harder & harder to get real information. We have to find a way to separate the Media from Government. The same can be said of Corporations in general. We need separation.

 

[Pogo]

The Government/Media Complex is out of control. It's getting harder & harder to get real information. We have to find a way to separate the Media from Government. The same can be said of Corporations in general. We need separation.

 

[paulitician]

The Government/Media Complex is out of control. It's getting harder & harder to get real information. We have to find a way to separate the Media from Government. The same can be said of Corporations in general. We need separation.

All a Government-provided script at this point. Watched CNN for a few minutes the other day. All it did was push for more war in Syria and Iraq. Constant War Propaganda. Trotting out supposed captured 'ISIS' prisoners and such. Our MSM is embarrassing at this point.