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I hesitate to demonize 8ch solely on the basis that they require legal protocol to be followed. I expect all organizations to require warrants before handing ov

• kyledrake 7y ago
  Subpoenas aren't warrants and we are just as legally required to oblige them if they are valid and signed by a judge. One can get thrown in jail for not complying with both of them, so if one is pushing back, they better be really fucking prepared for the consequences of that action. For a subpoena/warrant for legitimate data collection of online extremists, that's not a battle one is likely to win. Like with all things in life, one really need to pick their battles sometimes. I'm more inclined to believe that this FBI agent is not familiar with standard operating practices, seeing as his biography describes him as spending most of his career working on drug gangs, which is a somewhat different beast than online domestic terrorism work. Relationships aren't really with the organization (RE the 4chan comment), they're more with the individual agents and pretty decentralized. I've never had the same FBI agent twice, for example.