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		mmcnickle on Sept 6, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Epic, The Privacy Browser The police were tipped off about the backpack/pressure cooker searcher by their previous employers, not some anonymous internet company: http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/an-update-on-the-pressure-c... They were detectives, not FBI agents.

fnordfnordfnord on Sept 6, 2013 [–]

That's ironic since counterterrorism[1] is the supposed primary mission of the NSA surveillance enabled by FISC / PATRIOT Act.

[1] Provided that you think a simple Googling of "backpack" and "pressure cooker" in the days following the Boston Marathon Attack implies a probable link to terrorism.

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