Testifying yesterday in Congress, FBI Director Robert Mueller and National Counterterrorism Center director Matthew Olsen both agreed that the seldom used “lone wolf” provision of the USA PATRIOT Act, a provision which allows broad intelligence gathering of people with no actual terrorism ties, would become much more widely used in the months and years to come.
Indeed, while Mueller claimed the FBI had never once used the “lone wolf” provision, but that US citizens with no actually ties to terror groups pose a “serious national security threat” and would need to be targeted more.
Olsen concurred with this sentiment, adding that such people are “probably the greatest challenge that we face.” The two also agreed that Congress needs to give them even more broad surveillance powers, citing the popularity of Android-based smartphones.
The FBI’s surveillance of Americans remains a serious issue, though the widespread classification of government records means the true extent of the policy may never be known. Thus while Mueller assures that no one has ever been targeted as a “lone wolf,” they continue to target American citizens for lawful activities.
Don't worry citizen if you suck enough government butt, and do what your tee vee tells you to do, they won't have reason to go through your garbage, and catalog your library loans. Hurray!
Given the amount of time it took the FBI to detect America's worst traitor, "Lone Wolf" FBI agent Robert Philip Hanssen– an individual who was arguably under-foot at the FBI on a daily basis, I can see this is going to work real well.
On the other hand, Director Mueller is supplying us with some much needed comic relief. I can't wait for his public endorsement of phrenology in the war on terrorism.
Where do we find these people?
FBI DIRECTOR
“In this day and age where you can dispose of cell phones and SIM cards within a matter of minutes, change numbers and the like, it’s essential to be able to swiftly move to the new number as opposed to having to draft another application and go back to a court…”
The grand illusion being that government must know what everyone is saying, so that government can keep us out of harm’s way by knowing that the terrorists are doing. Surely an act of complete trust in, blind faith to and worship of — god government. Clear evidence that we have a state religion called,
“endowed by their Creator…inalienable rights… pursuit of happiness (wealth)”
Comes now a realization that terrorism has only two solutions, either kill off all who object to our Empire’s brutal imperialism, or give up our state religion that gives we exceptional Americans the right to pursue unlimited happiness, meaning unlimited wealth.
Better check out that Blackberry in use at the White House. I hear its owner is killing Americans overseas. Lone wolf that he is.
WaPo: "Obama, the loner president"
Lone wolf! Targeted and murdered an American citizen! Go get him, Mueller!
Translation: more patsies in the making.
I pity the fools!
so the empire needs to watch those dangerous terrorists to keep us safe and to just make sure they will doubly watch those who are not terrorists. This actually makes sense since those with connection to terrorist organizations collect government checks. Maybe they will watch the flow of weapons from the hands of the BATF to the hands of drug cartels all to show how easy it is for criminals to obtain guns. Ok it doesn't make sense but you get the government you pay for. Just be happy you do not get all the government you pay for. RESIST TYRANNY!
Gee, sounds like more $ for the contractors who may have suggested it. More debt any one ?
Maybe it's exactly news/ policies of this sort that fuels the "Occupy Movement"
"…whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of [the people's unalienable rights to [Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness], it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish [that government] and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness…"
— Declaration of American Independence
"They're making a list
Checking it twice
Going to find out
Who's naughty or nice
FBI is coming to town!"
To all NWO “team players”, loyal G.I. Joes, FBI spies, Fusion center morons, infiltrators, agent provocateurs, snitches, NSA SIGINT/HUMINT guys, DNI dudes, CIA assets, DIA handlers, Homeland Security TSA agent feeler-uppers, cops on the beat, FOX News idiots who still believe the 911 myth, liberal ASSange lovers, Peace activists still working within the duopoly, Zionist infiltrated Tea Party constitution wavers, door-rattlers, neighborhood tattle-tales…blog this: you are being duped!
An elite group of criminals, using false-flag terror (911 inside job), are reshaping the world, your country, into a global gulag. A “wild west” contrivance run by their cabal, their corporations; using privatized armies, privatized central banking, space-based weaponry (drones,HAARP), illegal wars, control of the food and its distribution, all media, the police, the banks to enforce you into slavery and fool you into spying on us. You are not part of “the team”. You are a disposable asset. You are only useful as long as you spy on us, control us for their gain. In the end, you, your children, grandchildren, etc…will suffer the same fate as those you have preyed upon. Wake up!
[moderator’s note: Also, THEY are hiding under your bed RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!! – TLK]
They have exhausted their search of suspecious organizatons and found nothing. Now they need to expand their efforts and catch someone, anyone, to justify their budget.. Thye have a long history of putting people up to commiting crimes and then arresting them in an entrapment scheme. The FBI alos routinely magnifies small crimes into giant crimes, thusly making themselves look good. This goes way back to the 1930's with the Mafia. If a person had an Itlaian name, they would make that person look like a Mafia boss, when in fact they were almost always petty thieves. The FBI did not go after the top crime bosses. Hoover in fact assisted them.
Average people that may be voiceiferous in their rejecton of our criminal government need to be on guard, or we could end up on the news. Continue on be more careful, and know that every for mof electronic communication is monitored, and you can be that this is too.
Every American should go out of their way to get on the "list." When the list contains 300 million names, it won't be good for much.
Looks like natural progression to me. The paranoiacs can't find any terrorists (they don't actually exist, self-evident) yet they can't admit that to themselves, there has to be terrorists, so they start to look harder and broader. Eventually everyone is a potential terrorist and the end game is when they finally realize that they themselves are the terrorists.
Ahhh, the cycle of life.