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>because you mocked the President. That's not true. The us government is asking for the account holders identities (no shut down request) because the governmen
by spaceflunky 10y ago
>because you mocked the President.
That's not true. The us government is asking for the account holders identities (no shut down request) because the government suspects that the account owners are civilians (or possibly foreign actors) posing as federal employees. The account derives it's authority by saying that it is run by employees of a federal agency. It's a serious federal crime to impersonate a federal employee. The government has not asked to shut down the account.
I suspect the government will make a decision after they know the identities, but there is just enough evidence to assume the account holder is faking their authority as there is to believe its real.
- laughingman2 10y agoWell then if the Trump administration is searching for "Foreign actors posing as federal employees", shouldn't it first look into a mirror instead of twitter first?
- clickok 10y agoSick burn. However, about ten paragraphs in, and after mentioning Trump serveral times, the article states: > There is no indication that the White House was aware of the summons, which was signed by a Florida-based supervisor who works in an office that investigates employee corruption, misconduct and mismanagement. The supervisor could not be reached for comment. So while this supervisor might be serving as a catspaw of the administration (who can say at this point?), this article (and the related discussion) seems to be using it to stir up controversy about Trump, whose only known involvement at present is as one of the subjects `ALT_uscis` tweets about.
- memmcgee 10y agoImpersonating a Federal Agent is not a "serious" federal crime. And typically it's only prosecuted when done in relation to another crime. The only crime here is saying mean things about Trump.
- spaceflunky 10y agoYou don't think impersonating a federal agent in order to spread political propaganda is serious?
- yawaramin 10y agoIs spreading political propaganda a crime? I'm sure the US Government would have loved to have had your legal advice back during WW2 when it was spreading anti-Hitler propaganda throughout Europe.
- maxlybbert 10y agoAlmost everything the CIA does is illegal in the countries it operates in. Regardless of whatever US law says, I am certain that spreading anti-Hitler propaganda in German-controlled WWII Europe was certainly illegal.
- yawaramin 10y agoIn that case I guess I'm happy someone stepped up and broke the law.
- smrtinsert 10y agoAh yes, 'liberal propaganda' (aka facts) = Nazi germany. Man, the tired rehashed alt-right babble gets exhausting.
- bsder 10y agoClaiming to be a federal agent, ex-military, a doctor, etc. is NOT a priori a crime. You can claim all manner of things. They may be unethical, but claiming something is very rarely criminal. Spreading propaganda is not criminal. Many days I wish it were, but it is not. You have to proceed to ACTION before something becomes criminal. So, if that account shared confidential information, now the feds can probably go get a subpoena and crack the identity. Unless they have a subpoena, this is a fishing expedition for the purposes of intimidating others.
- doktrin 10y ago> impersonating a federal agent > (possibly foreign actors) posing as federal employees > impersonate a federal employee Just one look at the twitter account in question makes it clear this entire line of reasoning is absurd. Can't wait to hear more ham-fisted nonsense like this in the weeks to come.