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muriel_volestrangler

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99. It's not a matter for federal govt OR local police

Fri Aug 2, 2013, 06:38 AM

Aug 2013

He googled search terms for something in the news. Googling 'backpack' at any time means nothing - nearly everyone has, or has had, one. 'pressure cooker bomb' was all over the news. The correct response by the police to the business saying this was 'suspicious' should have been 'yeah, everyone's searching about that - it's been in the news, hadn't you heard?'. But, instead, the police are just as paranoid as the people the article criticises, so the have a team of 6 armed men going to houses of people who have done nothing more than shown a vague interest in the news.

If people now turn in each other for googling subjects that are in the news, then the whole country has turned paranoid. The reference to Gilliam's "Brazil" elsewhere in this thread is very appropriate.

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Big Boss, Not Big Brother, Spotted Long Island Family's 'Suspicious' Google Searches [View all] sufrommich Aug 2013 OP

Thanks for this interesting development. gvstn Aug 2013 #1

It's kind of a distinction without much of a difference. reformist2 Aug 2013 #100

The company owns their computers and is responsible for them. So that's a difference. And pnwmom Aug 2013 #112

One reason (among many) why all the facts should be known before conclusions are drawn. . . Journeyman Aug 2013 #2

Yep. Especially by "journalists" who jumped sufrommich Aug 2013 #4

Apparently the conclusion over at KOS was "Impeach Obama" tridim Aug 2013 #34

You can bet on one thing though treestar Aug 2013 #3

HOF? nt sufrommich Aug 2013 #6

Hair On Fire. nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #15

Got it, I guess I'm a little touchy and sufrommich Aug 2013 #52

my first reaction too. nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #54

we use so many acronyms these days treestar Aug 2013 #106

Interesting... MineralMan Aug 2013 #5

Oh for the love of God (red faced here) Peacetrain Aug 2013 #7

It's what I hate most about the internet, too many sufrommich Aug 2013 #9

Well I am one of those who always says wait three days Peacetrain Aug 2013 #12

It hasn't been three days yet. reusrename Aug 2013 #83

That's a great policy. n/t pnwmom Aug 2013 #114

Nisht gefidlt or the comedian, Ish Kabibble REP Aug 2013 #50

That is interesting.. it is just something my Grandma Peacetrain Aug 2013 #66

Goyim think "ische ga bibble" is Yiddish, but it isn't and contains 0% Yiddish REP Aug 2013 #79

Did not even know it was Yiddish Peacetrain Aug 2013 #80

The Guardian lately is starting to resemble the other London rags, unfortunately. n/t pnwmom Aug 2013 #113

One big problem is that people are not distinguishing between sufrommich Aug 2013 #116

Unfortunately, I'm referring to the Guardian news. pnwmom Aug 2013 #121

forbes.com? burnodo Aug 2013 #8

I knew this would happen, soon other news sources will report sufrommich Aug 2013 #10

Here's another link tammywammy Aug 2013 #13

And another from Wired: sufrommich Aug 2013 #24

Uh, the police dept. issued a press release MineralMan Aug 2013 #14

why did the police department investigate a matter for the federal government? burnodo Aug 2013 #18

Why not? MineralMan Aug 2013 #20

why not? are you kidding? burnodo Aug 2013 #25

Local cops investigate lots of things. MineralMan Aug 2013 #30

you seem rather insistent burnodo Aug 2013 #33

Because I can. MineralMan Aug 2013 #37

Very good. burnodo Aug 2013 #39

Thanks for the permission. MineralMan Aug 2013 #40

You're welcome burnodo Aug 2013 #42

So your position is that HS is supposed to be actively searching all US Google queries for content? Thor_MN Aug 2013 #88

Because it's not only a matter for the federal government? jeff47 Aug 2013 #81

It's not a matter for federal govt OR local police muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #99

No, that's the wife's story. jeff47 Aug 2013 #109

We see whose side you instinctively take in employer-employee relations muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #122

You've skipped over a whole lot of her story. jeff47 Aug 2013 #123

No, you've imagined a whole lot of that muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #125

You're trying really, really hard to protect someone who admitted she lied. jeff47 Aug 2013 #126

Again, you're just making things up muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #127

A bomb threat type situation is a matter for ALL law enforcement. phleshdef Aug 2013 #118

Forbes hired the flaky Ms Catalano, but its reporting here is correct nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #16

Forbes hired her? burnodo Aug 2013 #21

She has a lot of questions to answer. nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #26

so does Forbes burnodo Aug 2013 #31

I'm posting the tech crunch story. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #32

which is why you feel the need to repeat yourself? burnodo Aug 2013 #38

Forbes didn't "hire" her, she's a freelance writer. sufrommich Aug 2013 #27

that won't be happening again nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #29

that's what I was thinking. elehhhhna Aug 2013 #17

I believe the woman who started this whole story has written for Forbes.com KittyWampus Aug 2013 #19

so Forbes.com is thoroughly suspect burnodo Aug 2013 #23

The Suffolk Police department issued the press release to geek tragedy Aug 2013 #28

so other outlets reporting the same bad information burnodo Aug 2013 #35

The only bad information is from Catalano. Her story is bullshit. End of discussion. nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #44

are you Mineral Man now? burnodo Aug 2013 #49

"victory for Obama" geek tragedy Aug 2013 #53

If victory for Pres Obama leftynyc Aug 2013 #107

There are no unanswered questions here whatsoever. phleshdef Aug 2013 #119

you aren't going to reply any more are you? snooper2 Aug 2013 #87

So, the wife or the husband did a search on their work computer Autumn Aug 2013 #11

The article is really confusing Hydra Aug 2013 #36

Yes it is. Since she's a writer I can see her searching for those terms. Autumn Aug 2013 #41

Maybe they were trying to get the ex-employer in trouble? leftstreet Aug 2013 #51

Seems pretty straightforward to me. OilemFirchen Aug 2013 #58

I didn't see where he was mentioned. But as a free lance writer, she should be aware that Autumn Aug 2013 #60

Where who was mentioned? The son? OilemFirchen Aug 2013 #64

Yes, the part about the son being the ex employee. I haven't seen that in the articles Autumn Aug 2013 #69

I'm surmising. OilemFirchen Aug 2013 #72

... and I retract! OilemFirchen Aug 2013 #75

That is strange isn't it. She's young enough to want a career. Autumn Aug 2013 #78

I've read this article 3 times Hydra Aug 2013 #22

Yeah, me too. reusrename Aug 2013 #55

I'm employed as a freelance journalist sweetloukillbot Aug 2013 #67

You're either self employed, or you aren't. reusrename Aug 2013 #82

This message was self-deleted by its author sweetloukillbot Aug 2013 #84

I do contract work under a 1099 for a single paper sweetloukillbot Aug 2013 #86

I do freelance work myself. reusrename Aug 2013 #89

I agree there. sweetloukillbot Aug 2013 #91

I think she does cooking so they probably purchased her recipes or something. reusrename Aug 2013 #95

Why did they interview the husband and not her if the searches were on her work PC TriplD Aug 2013 #43

Was his work PC. He was the one who got fired nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #45

The woman has clarified leftynyc Aug 2013 #108

Propaganda spin has begun. Pass the Vomit bag diabeticman Aug 2013 #46

.... sagat Aug 2013 #48

Condolences on the passing of your paranoid theory. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #103

You are just a rude thing! diabeticman Aug 2013 #104

"Don't suspect your neighbor; turn them in!" ~Public sign in Terry Gilliam's "Brazil". n/t Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #47

Good thing TPTB had all their content handy to search right away (son & husbands) usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #56

I'm sure that the fact that there were three of them figures into this. reusrename Aug 2013 #61

But if they were just scanning network end points meta then it would look like a single user usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #70

Careful, or you'll give away sources and methods. reusrename Aug 2013 #85

You should try reading the post before offering factually false commentary. Nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #90

I was on Facebook and there are some people RebelOne Aug 2013 #57

The problem with that is the algorithms are classified. reusrename Aug 2013 #59

And they'll probably be disappointed when they aren't n/t sweetloukillbot Aug 2013 #68

Wow, so many suckers out there taking the bait. BenzoDia Aug 2013 #62

Gotta know - What's 'the bait' ? Bonx Aug 2013 #120

You and your silly facts! zappaman Aug 2013 #63

Recommended. (nt) NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #65

Pic of explosives on her Facebook--- msanthrope Aug 2013 #71

That picture is from July 4th. nt sufrommich Aug 2013 #73

The Boston Bombers used fireworks bought in New Hampshire for their bombs. msanthrope Aug 2013 #74

That seems too convoluted and conspiratorial to me. sufrommich Aug 2013 #76

I didn't say it was smart. nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #77

That the government would think searches for "pressure cooker" and "backpack" killbotfactory Aug 2013 #92

Why is it disturbing? BklnDem75 Aug 2013 #93

They are two common household items. nt killbotfactory Aug 2013 #94

That were used in an attack in Boston BklnDem75 Aug 2013 #96

They where plus EXPLOSIVES killbotfactory Aug 2013 #97

The statement from the police department: BklnDem75 Aug 2013 #98

Was the work computer a laptop or notebook the company took back... JHB Aug 2013 #101

Where I work MadrasT Aug 2013 #102

Right, but that was at your workplace, if I understand you correctly JHB Aug 2013 #105

If it was his home computer with company-required monitoring software PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #117

Why would a boss cut corners and try to foist expenses onto employees? JHB Aug 2013 #124

Search history is saved in multiple places jeff47 Aug 2013 #111

I thought that story didn't pass the smell test. Zoeisright Aug 2013 #110

I've researched both pressure cookers and backpacks gollygee Aug 2013 #115