DOJ drops request for IP addresses from Trump resistance

[laserhaas]

Source: The HILL

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is dropping its controversial request for visitor IP addresses related to an anti-Trump website.

The government said in a brief released Tuesday that it has "no interest" in the 1.3 million IP addresses related to the website disruptj20.org. It says it is solely focused on information that could constitute evidence related to criminal rioting on Inauguration Day.

“The Warrant — like the criminal investigation — is singularly focused on criminal activity,” the reply brief states. “It will not be used for any other purpose.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/347559-doj-drops-request-for-visitor-ip-addresses-related-to-trump-resistance

[cstanleytech]

1. Make you a bet they will try to get one of the varies intelligence agencies to steal the information

or someone in Donalds administration will go to their friends in Russia and ask them to steal it for them.

[laserhaas]

2. Yup....he is too narcissistic

To give up this easy

[iluvtennis]

18. And vindictive.

[Lyricalinklines]

15. Or already have. IMHO nt

[IronLionZion]

16. They probably did that already, but they want to have a legal precedent

like the case where they wanted Apple to break into a terrorist's phone. The feds already broke into it, but they wanted to establish a precedent and see if Apple would do it if asked.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. If it has no interest then why did it try to pull a fast one to begin with?

Just to intimidate? Frighten? To get whatever they can make off with?

[Phoenix61]

4. Twitler's MO is all about bullying and bluffing

to get whatever he can get.

[2naSalit]

5. all of the above...

and they have found a different, more covert way to do it. Fascism, it's the new 'merikin way.

[Warpy]

8. Pretty much. He'll keep going on fishing expeditions, hoping to find

a site administrator who's stupider than he is. He'd have better luck with that fishing on the far right.

[IronLionZion]

19. Probably gave more publicity to the site

which caused a lot more people to visit after seeing it in news reports.

But of course they want to scare people and discourage future organizing. That's why they went with mass arrests of everyone in the vicinity instead of just the ones damaging property. And they want to stop people from even thinking about, except they might be inspiring more people to do it as a way to resist this.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

6. "...evidence related to criminal rioting on Inauguration Day."

There weren't enough people in the Mall that day to have a riot.

[laserhaas]

7. Ha Ha...do true

[BumRushDaShow]

12. Took the words right outta my mouth!

[IronLionZion]

21. It only takes a few

The women's march the next day was much better.

[Eliot Rosewater]

9. I dont know about the rest of you, but I keep drawing lines in the sand

My newest is not ONE of my tax dollars is to go into Erik Prince's pocket, if it does, I will NOT like it.

But, McConnell ended our democracy when he refused us Garland, so all bets are off these days.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

10. As it should be

[Gothmog]

11. This request was bogus to begin with

[George II]

13. They probably have Vlad on the case and don't need to do it themselves.

[emulatorloo]

14. The All-New Guccifer 3000, state of the art.

[IronLionZion]

17. What's the punishment for visiting a website but not committing any other crimes?

asking for a friend.

[Honeycombe8]

20. They're going to get it in secret. nt

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

22. WHAT criminal rioting on Inauguration Day?

[laserhaas]

23. They can fabricate stuff

Next they'll say Tulsi initiated it

[IronLionZion]

24. Jan 2017 Riot Compilation