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herding cats

(20,049 posts)
Thu Aug 17, 2023, 04:13 PM Aug 2023

FBI, Sheriff investigating threats made against grand jurors in Georgia election tampering case

Source: WSBTV/ABC Atlanta

“The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office is aware that personal information of members of the Fulton County Grand Jury is being shared on various platforms.

“As the lead agency, our investigators are working closely with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to track down the origin of threats in Fulton County and other jurisdictions.

“We take this matter very seriously and are coordinating with our law enforcement partners to respond quickly to any credible threat and to ensure the safety of those individuals who carried out their civic duty.

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“FBI Atlanta is aware of threats of violence against Fulton County officials and is working with the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office. It is our policy not to discuss details of ongoing investigations. However, each and every potential threat brought to our attention is taken seriously. Individuals found responsible for making threats in violation of state and/or federal laws will be prosecuted.”

Read more: https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/fbi-sheriff-investigating-threats-made-against-grand-jurors-georgia-election-tampering-case/GFNJF5BRUJATTFRHEEH7KG5TMQ/#



Lock them up!
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FBI, Sheriff investigating threats made against grand jurors in Georgia election tampering case (Original Post) herding cats Aug 2023 OP
Lock up those fucking morons making threats against lawful citizens SouthernDem4ever Aug 2023 #1
Mahalo, Cat & the Fulton Co Sheriff's Office Cha Aug 2023 #2
And the FBI! herding cats Aug 2023 #17
Yes & the FBI.. TY All Hands on Deck!! Cha Aug 2023 #18
Yay!!! More charges for Trump. clementine613 Aug 2023 #3
Terroristic threat 5 years pwb Aug 2023 #4
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2023 #5
How can they find anonymous individuals, with anonymous accounts, on anonymous forums Oopsie Daisy Aug 2023 #6
does not work that way. drray23 Aug 2023 #7
I hope you're right. If they're stupid enough to do make these types of threats-- Oopsie Daisy Aug 2023 #8
Sounds complex BWdem4life Aug 2023 #9
That sounds like a good plan to me. Oopsie Daisy Aug 2023 #12
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2023 #10
I don't know anything about where the threats were made. Oopsie Daisy Aug 2023 #11
Forensics Brainfodder Aug 2023 #20
With special emphasis on those who shared the names, photos, and addresses ffr Aug 2023 #13
Track this back to the rubles that funded it. jaxexpat Aug 2023 #14
"In Georgia, grand juror names are made public when indictments are handed up." Talitha Aug 2023 #15
In Georgia, the names of the jurors are on the indictments yellowdogintexas Aug 2023 #16
Doxxing Grand Jurors is dumb. Mawspam2 Aug 2023 #19
anonymity on phone and social media needs to end Fullduplexxx Aug 2023 #21
Kick dalton99a Aug 2023 #22

Response to herding cats (Original post)

Oopsie Daisy

(6,670 posts)
6. How can they find anonymous individuals, with anonymous accounts, on anonymous forums
Thu Aug 17, 2023, 05:14 PM
Aug 2023

How can they find anonymous individuals, with anonymous accounts, on anonymous forums that are hosted by uncooperative admins on dark-web servers with anonymous ISPs and anonymous VPNs, and anonymous IP addresses, using "incognito" mode on their browsers?

Seems like an impossible task.

drray23

(8,758 posts)
7. does not work that way.
Thu Aug 17, 2023, 05:39 PM
Aug 2023

law enforcement can subpoena records. most of what we think is anonymous is actually not. I doubt the average Maga knows how to use a tor browser set up properly.

These guys just make threats on right-wing discussion boards and will get caught. Law enforcement can ask the providers for the logs and even VPN providers will have to give it to them.

True, if you know what you are doing you can hide from that too ( multiple VPN setups in a ring) but again, I think the majority of these guys are stupid.

Oopsie Daisy

(6,670 posts)
8. I hope you're right. If they're stupid enough to do make these types of threats--
Thu Aug 17, 2023, 05:53 PM
Aug 2023

--then they're probably too stupid to know how to cover their tracks.

Response to Oopsie Daisy (Reply #6)

Oopsie Daisy

(6,670 posts)
11. I don't know anything about where the threats were made.
Thu Aug 17, 2023, 05:55 PM
Aug 2023

Honestly, I assumed that they would have been smarter... but I guess I overestimated their intelligence. Right?

Brainfodder

(7,781 posts)
20. Forensics
Fri Aug 18, 2023, 07:27 AM
Aug 2023

Time stamps and logs amongst other things?

VPN use just puts a target on you at ISP level?


ffr

(23,398 posts)
13. With special emphasis on those who shared the names, photos, and addresses
Thu Aug 17, 2023, 06:37 PM
Aug 2023

of the grand jury members in the first place! It wasn't shared as part of a news story or casual conversation. The information was shared maliciously so that members of the crime organization to whom the charges were levied can seek retribution through their violent organized crime loving and impressionable surrogates.

Dragnet the fuckers!

 

jaxexpat

(7,794 posts)
14. Track this back to the rubles that funded it.
Thu Aug 17, 2023, 06:54 PM
Aug 2023

We need an old fashioned execution for high treason. Trump was always for sale and we all saw him bow to his master on the world stage.

Talitha

(7,988 posts)
15. "In Georgia, grand juror names are made public when indictments are handed up."
Thu Aug 17, 2023, 07:14 PM
Aug 2023

I hope Georgia considers changing things so jurors' names are kept private.

yellowdogintexas

(23,694 posts)
16. In Georgia, the names of the jurors are on the indictments
Thu Aug 17, 2023, 07:28 PM
Aug 2023

no other information.

I am not that smart; I just now read it in a Eugene Robinson column.
excerpt .....
In Georgia state courts, unlike in those other jurisdictions, grand jurors’ names are listed in the indictments they hand up. No other personal information is disclosed, but Trump supporters have posted what they purport to be photographs and addresses of some of the Fulton County grand jurors on social media. County officials have declined to comment on what, if any, security arrangements have been made.

Mawspam2

(1,106 posts)
19. Doxxing Grand Jurors is dumb.
Thu Aug 17, 2023, 11:45 PM
Aug 2023

They served up the indictment, they're job is done. They won't serve on the trial jury.

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