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**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 108350 08-22-2012 10:45 PM

1st Amendment Violated as Facebook Assists Police in Pre-Crime Investigations

By Susanne Posel
theintelhub.com
August 22, 2012

On August 16th former US Marine Brandon Raub was arrested for posting his opinion about the US government on his Facebook page .

Raub is currently being held in a psychiatric ward.

In a statement by Raub, he explains : “I’m currently in John Randolph in the psychiatric ward being held against my will. They were concerned about me calling for the arrest of government officials.”

Raub’s lawyers say that he will be held for “up to 30 days’ further confinement in a VA psych ward” after “government officials again pointed to Raub’s Facebook posts as the sole reason for their concern and for his continued incarceration.”

While Raub was taken forcefully, put into handcuffs and taken by the FBI to be questioned, both the FBI and Secret Service deny that Raub was arrested or detained by them.

Facebook comments were recently cited as evidence in a court case concerning cyber bullying where comments on a personal page were ruled by a US Federal court as information that can be lawfully obtained by the police to be used against a defendant.

William Pauley, US District Court Judge, stated that because the defendant made violent threats in his posts which are deemed public information that they are allowable as evidence against him by prosecutors.

On April 24th, District Judge Raymond Jackson ruled that by clicking a “like” button on Facebook, that this affiliation is public domain and not protected by the 1st Amendment. Jackson wrote : “Simply liking a Facebook page is insufficient.

It is not the kind of substantive statement that has previously warranted constitutional protection,” and continues to say that, “Facebook posts can be a matter of public concern; however the Court does not believe Plaintiffs Carter and McCoy have alleged sufficient speech to garner First Amendment protection.”

The Electric Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit with the US Department of Defense (DoD) because the federal agency refused to admit their relationship with social networks with regard to surveillance and law enforcement investigations.

Government officials scan Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and YouTube for evidence of criminal activities, activists and possible suspects who may have not committed a crime just yet. And these agencies named in the lawsuit refused to cooperate with the EFF in explaining how gathering this information would impact “citizen’s privacy rights and associated legal protections.”

Hoping to dupe Americans into posting on their Facebook page, the CIA gathers information while inviting people to register and read information about the “employment opportunities.”
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**Schrodinger's Cat** · (This post was last modified: 08-22-2012 10:55 PM by Schrodinger's Cat.)

Government officials scan Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and YouTube for evidence of criminal activities, activists and possible suspects who may have not committed a crime just yet

Hiding3

I wonder if these same people can be so kind enough to give us THEIR details under the FOI act, so we can make sure THEY may not commit any pre-assummed crimes too.

**Grendelmort**

Careful about posting on FB the fact that you and some of your buddies rode your Harleys to the local BBQ joint and had some good ribs !
According to the .gov, you just identified yourself as:

Part of a bike gang
Probably a veteren
More than likely own a firearm

You are therefore more than likely a danger to your community

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 94687 08-22-2012 11:02 PM

Thinkpol officially makes its debut.

And the programmed masses will cheer.

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