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Are you saying that citizens with a mind to criticize an administration/senator/whatever are regularly blackmailed into refraining from doing that?
by mac01021 6y ago
Are you saying that citizens with a mind to criticize an administration/senator/whatever are regularly blackmailed into refraining from doing that?
- feanaro 6y agoI'm not the commenter you asked, but I'm saying we don't know, we cannot easily know and we shouldn't bring ourselves into a position where we even have to ask.
- mixmastamyk 6y agoBlackmailed? No need. Retaliated against, punished, neutralized, ruined, stalked? Often. - https://whistleblowersofamerica.org/2019/04/01/what-is-whistleblower-retaliation/ https://whistleblowersofamerica.org/2019/04/01/what-is-whist... - https://whistleblower.org/timeline-us-whistleblowers/ https://whistleblower.org/timeline-us-whistleblowers/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_targeting_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_targeting_controversy - https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43kxzq/dmvs-selling-data-private-investigators-making-millions-of-dollars https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43kxzq/dmvs-selling-data-... - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOVEINT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOVEINT - https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danielwagner/she-told-the-dea-its-agent-was-a-stalker-then-things-got https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danielwagner/she-told-t... - https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-us-government-employee-charged-computer-hacking-and-cyber-stalking-scheme https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-us-government-employee... Think you're safe at home? - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge Think it is new? - https://theconversation.com/j-edgar-hoovers-revenge-information-the-fbi-once-hoped-could-destroy-rev-martin-luther-king-jr-has-been-declassified-118026 https://theconversation.com/j-edgar-hoovers-revenge-informat...