Are you aware Def-Con News readers that the United States Postal Service has a program that spies on citizens’ social media posts called (oddly enough) iCOP?
And that’s not a typo. iCop is being used by the USPS to look for “inflammatory” posts. This from thelibertyloft.com.
According to a Yahoo! article that described the program: “The work involves having analysts trawl through social media sites to look for what the document describes as “inflammatory” postings and then sharing that information across government agencies.”
This program has been kept “hush hush” until only recently, so it is almost certain the USPS didn’t bother with pesky “permission” before openly spying on U.S. citizens. Of course, with the announcement they also offered their reasoning for using such an invasive measure of surveillance:
They were filtering the web for posts about a potential threat in the U.S. on March 20th. That threat ended up being nonexistent of course. Surprising, since ALL terrorist attacks begins with a Twitter post detailing the nefarious plans.
“The government’s monitoring of Americans’ social media is the subject of ongoing debate inside and outside the government, particularly in recent months, following a rise in domestic unrest.”
Is the Biden regime about to tighten the screws on its citizens even further. It’s actually pretty easy: the U.S. Government screams “DOMESTIC UNREST” and that gives them a blanket permission to set aside the Constitution.
Homeland Security has to jump through numerous hoops to legally keep an eye on us. So to circumvent that, Biden’s handlers may be working an “end around.”
According to CNN : “The Biden administration is considering using outside firms to track extremist chatter by Americans online, an effort that would expand the government’s ability to gather intelligence but could draw criticism over surveillance of US citizens.”
Normally the Government creates a problem, promises a solution, and then uses the resulting chaos to expand its power. If you doubt this, remember The Patriot Act was “written” in under 60 days.
By a Government that normally requires seven committees, several PhD recommendations and (presumably) multiple Tarot readings before they change the font on a Department of the Interior Letterhead.
Certainly anything soon to be in use was already written and placed in a glass box reading “In Case of Emergency: Break Glass.”
Also noteworthy:
USA PATRIOT stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism; I doubt seriously that whoever named it was unaware of the Neuro-Linguistic Properties of naming something “Patriot” just days after September 11.
The massive law, 342 pages long, amends at least 15 separate federal laws, including the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, the Electronic Communication Privacy Act of 1986, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act.
The law permits roving wiretaps, “sneak and peek” warrants, adds new terrorist crimes, integrates foreign and domestic intelligence, amends the definition of domestic terrorism and makes many other changes that get lost in the footnotes.
John Whitehead, founder of the Rutherford Institute, has written that “the Patriot Act violates at least six of the ten original amendments known as the Bill of Rights — the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Amendments — and possibly the Thirteenth and Fourteenth as well.”
The U.S. Constitution was written to protect citizens from overreach, which would impose a severe limit on the government, but use of the Post Office falls under the Constitution not protecting your liberties from private companies.
Does this look like the Biden regime is about to grab more of our freedoms? One notable question that bears asking at this time: How much longer will Def-Con News and other similar conservative social sights be allowed to operate?
President Trump you are missed, sir.
