duxupJan 27

FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/fbi-investigating-minnesota-signal-minneapolis-group-ice-patel-kash-rcna256041

FBI investigating MN Signal groups tracking ICE, Patel says

FBI Director Kash Patel said that he had opened an investigation into the Signal text chats that Minnesota residents are using to share information about ICE.

NBC News
Show threadbediger4000Jan 27
Why? That's unequivocally constitutionally protected speech. Why is our tax money being wasted on this?
Show threadtptacekJan 27
They're "investigating", presumably with data gleaned from arrests and CIs; you have a right to speech, and a right not to be prosecuted for speech, but a much, much narrower right not to be "investigated", collapsing to ~epsilon when the investigation involves data the FBI already has.
Show threadandreygrehovJan 27
No. According to the latest reports, while searching for ICE vehicles, the protesters are unlawfully scanning license plates, which strongly suggests they are receiving insider help.
Show threadanigbrowl
There is nothing unlawful about scanning license plates. You are allowed to photograph them in the same way you are allowed to stand around writing them into a notebook if that activity is your idea of fun. Where do people get these ideas?!
Jan 28 at 12:13amWeb
Show threadtptacekJan 28
I think the idea was that they were getting people associated with Minnesota DPS to do lookups on the plates.
Show threadgerminalphraseJan 28
Why would that even be necessary? They are almost certainly just contributing confirmed ICE plate numbers to an Excel file and then checking against it. Low tech and simple. This “criminal insider” angle is just building a bogeyman.
Show threadtptacekJan 28
I don't think it's a real thing, I'm just saying that's what the claim is.