Secret Aerial FBI Program Uncovered By 23-Year-Old independent citizien Journalist

[Ichingcarpenter]

The story was first reported by Sam Richards who put out information under the twitter handle @MinneapoliSam. The 23-year-old independent journalist first published the story of the FBI surveillance program on the website Medium on May 26.

His story featured screen grabs from FlightRadar24.com showing the circular routes the low-flying planes took over not just Minneapolis, but cities including New York, Chicago, Seattle, Phoenix and Dallas.

Richards said his investigation began when his friend noticed the low-flying suspicious flight and showed him the screen grab.

“It showed pictures of the plane doing loops around different parts of Minneapolis so we started looking at the tail number,” he said.
The plane was registered to a fake company, but Richards was able to track it to a fleet registered to the Department of Justice in Virginia.

After his article was posted, a local aviation buff sent him pictures he took of what he believed was the surveillance plane. An antennae appears to be attached to the plane’s bottom.


http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/06/02/secret-aerial-fbi-program-uncovered-by-23-year-old-journalist/

[Wilms]

1. ^

[PowerToThePeople]

2. Within the last year

I have started noticing low flying millary helicopters circling my area, almost appearing to be on patrol. This is new, it never used to occur.

[global1]

3. Is This Something The FBI Was Doing On It's Own Or Was This Sanctioned By The White House & ......

Congress? Where did the money come from to purchase this fleet of airplanes and the equipment used in these planes? Who are the pilots? Are they FBI personnel or are they hired to fly without being told why the are doing what they are doing? Now that this has been exposed - is it continuing?

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. FBI complained to AP on having to pay for new false companies

to continue this program.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

4. Tangentially connected --

Remember when it was being proposed that journalists be credentialed by the government to afford them protection from government prosecution? I'm sure it wasn't that long ago, perhaps 2013 at the latest.

So many here -- too many here -- defended the notion.

I couldn't help but think of that as I read, "uncovered by...independent citizen journalist"

[Ichingcarpenter]

6. which is why I emphasized that point

there were two bloggers that traced down the false companies and the flight info. This info was found by citizen journalists during Ferguson and LA affairs and found out it was a national problem and reality not just in those two areas.

AP was not the real journalist on this.

[nashville_brook]

11. +1000000

[lonestarnot]

7. So what are they trying to spy? And why? And why these cities as opposed to others? Guess they

are keeping us safe.

[Ichingcarpenter]

8. At least 5 shell companies found nationally so far

Why shell companies?

[lonestarnot]

13. Guess the FBI was hidering.

Hidering, that's kind of like kiddering, only they weren't and prollee still aren't.

[KG]

9. the citizenry is considered a threat...

[Octafish]

10. It's not a conspiracy when the government does it.

It's all legal-like. Especially the Police State on Supercomputers part.



Corporate Owned News should be ashamed for their part in all this.

Important info, Ichingcarpenter. What kind of a country is this when the government treats its citizens as suspects?

[JEB]

12. We are all suspects now. eom

[Ichingcarpenter]

15. Your question made me start Goethe thread

Since I thought it was important.

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. More and more stories like this will be broken by indies

and that is all I am gonna say about it.

[Brickbat]

16. Pretty good for his first try at investigative journalism. Here's hoping he keeps it up.

[shanti]

17. this finally answers my question!

because it was happening here in sacramento a couple of years ago. a cessna was making a loop (i know, because i was timing it) that went over my house EVERY 15 MINUTES for about three hours! it was loud and annoying the hell out of me so i called the nearest airport and asked them about it AND got the runaround. they told me that yes, there was a plane that was doing this, but no, they could not tell me who/what it was. put two and two together and figured it was probably the gubmint. well, now i know....

[magical thyme]

18. I have wondered for some time about last February/March or so

I live fairly rurally in mid-coast Maine. Last winter we started having planes or helicopters circling overhead for hours, sometimes in the late afternoon, more often after dark.

Really, really wierd. They were high enough in/above clouds that during daylight hours I couldn't see them, could only hear them.

We have a couple tiny airports in the area for the wealthy summer people, but nobody is ever flying that time of year.

They occasionally circle overhead in the summer, presumably looking for pot.

It went on for weeks, and then stopped. I've lived here 12 years -- it has never happened before.

I'd meant to bring it up here, but was too busy struggling through the incredibly stormy winter. And then forgot about it until seeing this thread...

[Ichingcarpenter]

19. This was considered a 'CONSPIRACY' therory

by the mainstream when I started following this story
over a year ago on the web.

[bobthedrummer]

20. K&R + Cryptome's post of MinneapolisSam's Domestic Aerial Surveillance Aircraft Master-List

FBI Sky Spies
http://cryptome.org/2015/06/fbi-sky-spies.htm

[Ichingcarpenter]

21. Thanks Bob...... most don't get the deeper meaning of this

whole story...........its not just about the fbi but much much more on many different levels.