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FBI In No-Knock Raid on Area 51 Website Operator
- georgeg23 4y agoPerhaps it's because of this high res aerial photo of Area 51 (taken down from his website but captured by Wayback) https://web.archive.org/web/20211009062828fw_/https://dlr.thexhunters.com/area51/aerial_1120_02.jpg https://web.archive.org/web/20211009062828fw_/https://dlr.th...
- PaulWaldman 4y agoDoes that image reveal anything of note? If that were the reason, I'd imagine it wouldn't take much effort to compel the operators of Wayback to redact it.
- themodelplumber 4y agoIDK, we are talking about them compelling this guy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74g7wSTYUso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74g7wSTYUso
- gala8y 4y agoThat's gonna be tough. Thx for sharing.
- Springtime 4y agoI mean, the case in that video is from a kook and was dismissed. Doesn't take much to hide things publicly on IA's web archive as-is, many sites do just via robots.txt exclusions as a form of censorship, while general files there get requested or flagged to be hidden with enough regularity (copyrighted works, various moderation of uploads).
- runjake 4y ago> Does that image reveal anything of note? Nah, but that giant hangar on the left is pretty interesting. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44057/mysterious-aircraft-spotted-at-area-51-in-unprecedented-satellite-image https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44057/mysterious-aircr...
- readthenotes1 4y agoThe picture is 2 years old. Got to hope they have quicker reaction to that...
- egberts1 4y agoInteresting. Black screen on my iPhone for that link.
- jacooper 4y agoLol, looks like CSAM is already active
- SpaghettiCthulu 4y agoI had to scroll down to see it on my phone.
- dtx1 4y ago> Something tells me it wasn’t about his website That's actually not that unlikely of a take.
- worker767424 4y agoThink they're going to "find" child porn?
- worker767424 4y agoI keep waiting for a law enforcement death due to a no-knock raid. With gun ownership in the US, it's only a matter of time before someone shoots someone they assume was a burglar, and since it was no-knock, just saying "FBI" isn't really enough. Anyone can break into a home and say "FBI."
- seo-speedwagon 4y agoFrom a decade ago, cops bust into a guy’s house and he unloads on them. Fully acquitted https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Man-who-shot-at-cops-acquitted-5608077.php https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Man-who-shot...
- derwiki 4y agoIsn’t this essentially what happened with Breonna Taylor?
- PaulWaldman 4y agoThere were no LE deaths related to Breonna Taylor.
- puffoflogic 4y agoOne of them got a boo boo though and that justifies murdering anyone else they ever encounter.
- jjeaff 4y agoOne law enforcement officer was hit in the leg. They had a "No knock warrant" but then have testified that they knocked and identified themselves as police before breaking down the door in plainclothes. Color me unconvinced. They then proceeded to basically cover their eyes and shoot 32 shots while spinning around blindly like Barney Fife, hit Breonna Taylor 6 times as well as firing shots through a random glass door to the patio and miraculously didn't kill or hit anyone else in the apartment complex.
- t0bia_s 4y agoThis ufo agenda pushed by media sounds like distraction or sensation for audience that likes mystery, conspiracy, etc. It cloud be great business model I guess.
- origin_path 4y agoPerhaps relevant, posted today: https://taibbi.substack.com/p/the-fbis-transformation-from-national https://taibbi.substack.com/p/the-fbis-transformation-from-n... In the incident that led to Friend’s suspension, the FBI wanted to execute a SWAT raid on a subject who’d been communicating with the Bureau through an attorney and almost certainly would have come in voluntarily. Or, Friend thought, he could have been picked up in another, less dangerous way. The FBI however wanted a show. “We’re gonna hit this house at six o’clock in the morning and throw flash-bangs and knock the door down and drive a Bearcat up on the front lawn,” recalls Friend, who had extensive SWAT experience and even worked the raid of Michigan militia members suspected of plotting to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer. He recounts a detail straight out of the movie Idiocracy: the armored Bearcat vehicles the FBI uses in SWAT raids are fitted with special battering-ram-type devices agents call dongers. (No joke. Washington Field Office agents even nickname their Bearcat accessory “DOJ,” for Dong of Justice). Friend describes the lunacy of a federal posse riding into the suburbs to take a door in one of these phallic tanks. “You’re driving down the road with this long extension pole on the front,” he says, laughing. “And I’m thinking, ‘These things were built by the lowest possible bidder.’” He didn’t laugh so much, however, when he started to get the sense the FBI was opening cases, knocking on doors, and using tactics like SWAT for reasons other than operational necessity.
- xrayarx 4y agoWell it would be interesting to know the reason. But the website is still online, so probably not because of that. The last update was because of a military exercise. Maybe the raid had something to do with that? (Publishing about current Military Activities)
- aaron695 4y agoHis statement here - https://www.dreamlandresort.com/forum/messages/55085.html https://www.dreamlandresort.com/forum/messages/55085.html
- sterlind 4y agovouched. you're shadowbanned fyi, you might want to email dang.
- worewood 4y agoWell if something on the website bothered couldn't just a cease and desist or a judge order be enough? Do you really need to tore the place down like it's Osama's bunker?
- voxadam 4y agoHigh profile no-knock warrants like this give the FBI (and other agencies) a chance to break out their military style gear in an attempt to justify their budgets and powers.
- nicbou 4y agoHell a friendly phone call would suffice for some people.
- tigeroil 4y agoIndeed and this is something that bothers me with law enforcement in the US in general. I feel like so much could be improved, both in terms of reducing crime rates and in terms of people actually respecting law enforcement of having a more "friendly" approach. Obviously if there's an imminent threat to life then obviously you expect them to be a bit more heavy handed, but I do feel like there's many things that could be dealt with without resorting to well, this.
- rasz 4y agoMost likely one of the posted photos or program names werent supposed to ever see the light of day. ps: I lost 5 IQ points just scrolling down on twitter :(