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on the far left, the presence of a file is a large honour, my father and my mother both have csis files
― anthony easton (anthony), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 04:22 (eighteen years ago) link
I wouldn't have thought it would be a news item. Why wouldn't they? We've no Freedom of Information Act in these lovely repressed British Isles, but it's assumed by pretty much everyone (correctly as it turns out) that our security services just do things like this as a matter of course.
― Stone Monkey (Stone Monkey), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 09:53 (eighteen years ago) link
This really isn't surprising. Hasn't the FBI always kept files on people/groups that are perceived as anti-establishment?
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For context, I think it's relevant to point out (for posterity) that the date of June 2001 is from a server error that occurred yesterday. This thread originated in 2005, not 2001.
― geyser muffler and a quarter (Dave225), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:53 (eighteen years ago) link
The Official Secrets Act still holds. And that means we're not allowed to see some things based solely on the criterion that our Government says they're secret - It doesn't matter what they are.
― Stone Monkey (Stone Monkey), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 11:04 (eighteen years ago) link
eleven years pass...
Welp, I guess 'create Twitter account with which I ceaselessly direct tweet the FBI about absurd and easily-disproven federal crimes I'm committing and encourage as many people as possible to do likewise' is going on the new year's resolutions list.
two years pass...