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Sources at Apple are reporting multiple Black Vehicles with MD License Plates at Apple Executive Briefing Center this AM. Multiple CHP escorts. Men with ear pie

Sources at Apple are reporting multiple Black Vehicles with MD License Plates at Apple Executive Briefing Center this AM. Multiple CHP escorts. Men with ear pieces and sun glasses. Rumor is MD license plate indicates NSA involvement. If anyone at Apple can confirm please let us know.

daveloyall 11y ago
CHP=California Highway Patrol?
- berkeleynerd 11y ago
  Yes, that's my understanding. Deeply disturbing news IMHO.
  - Someone1234 11y ago
    Why? Just means a VIP is visiting Apple and that is their detail. Might be the Biden, John Kerry, DHS Chief, or others. Sure there's a certain intimidation factor when a VIP comes to visit with a huge security detail, but ultimately if the US Government REALLY wanted to threaten Apple they would use pieces of paper to do so (e.g. court orders, sanctions, national security letters, or w/e).
    - berkeleynerd 11y ago
      I thought that it might be a Secret Service detail of some sort but the timing with Tim's response to the FBI demand led me to jump to this conclusion. Well, that and that was the feeling I got from the source on campus...they were definitely intimidated and phrases like "I don't want to get deposed" were being bandied about in their department.
    - berkeleynerd 11y ago
      Also the motorcade was there for a very short period of time...under an hour. Usually VIP visits involve meet-and-greets, etc... Maybe they were delivering an NSL as you hinted at?
      - Flenser 11y ago
        Another theory would be that they were delivering the device for Apple to crack on their premises. This is based on the assumption that Apple could crack it (given as has been stated elsewhere that it is an older device without the secure enclave) but that they refused to hand the tools to do so over, and wanted to perform the crack themselves and the FBI, given the choice between a lengthy legal battle and getting the information on the device quickly, have given in to Apple. In which case either the device was unlock very quickly or if there's an equally short visit some time later, it's the FBI picking up the device again.
    - HillRat 11y ago
      Only a few agencies have blanket exemptions from using GSA plates -- CIA and NSA, unsurprisingly, are two of them. An official federal VIP motorcade wouldn't have generic state plates, but official federal ones with an agency code.
    - the_ancient 11y ago
      Ohh so Naive, If the government really wanted to Threaten Apple Tim Cook would be visited in the night, and not by someone with a CHP motorcade This is a Pre-Threat... Threat Remember this government has no problems killing citizens with drones with out any trial... You do what you are told or you will get a predator missile up your ass

daveloyall 11y ago

CHP=California Highway Patrol?

berkeleynerd 11y ago
Yes, that's my understanding. Deeply disturbing news IMHO.
- Someone1234 11y ago
  Why? Just means a VIP is visiting Apple and that is their detail. Might be the Biden, John Kerry, DHS Chief, or others. Sure there's a certain intimidation factor when a VIP comes to visit with a huge security detail, but ultimately if the US Government REALLY wanted to threaten Apple they would use pieces of paper to do so (e.g. court orders, sanctions, national security letters, or w/e).
  - berkeleynerd 11y ago
    I thought that it might be a Secret Service detail of some sort but the timing with Tim's response to the FBI demand led me to jump to this conclusion. Well, that and that was the feeling I got from the source on campus...they were definitely intimidated and phrases like "I don't want to get deposed" were being bandied about in their department.
  - berkeleynerd 11y ago
    Also the motorcade was there for a very short period of time...under an hour. Usually VIP visits involve meet-and-greets, etc... Maybe they were delivering an NSL as you hinted at?
    - Flenser 11y ago
      Another theory would be that they were delivering the device for Apple to crack on their premises. This is based on the assumption that Apple could crack it (given as has been stated elsewhere that it is an older device without the secure enclave) but that they refused to hand the tools to do so over, and wanted to perform the crack themselves and the FBI, given the choice between a lengthy legal battle and getting the information on the device quickly, have given in to Apple. In which case either the device was unlock very quickly or if there's an equally short visit some time later, it's the FBI picking up the device again.
  - HillRat 11y ago
    Only a few agencies have blanket exemptions from using GSA plates -- CIA and NSA, unsurprisingly, are two of them. An official federal VIP motorcade wouldn't have generic state plates, but official federal ones with an agency code.
  - the_ancient 11y ago
    Ohh so Naive, If the government really wanted to Threaten Apple Tim Cook would be visited in the night, and not by someone with a CHP motorcade This is a Pre-Threat... Threat Remember this government has no problems killing citizens with drones with out any trial... You do what you are told or you will get a predator missile up your ass