Reading book about the Stasi; turns out they also used the mosaic theory, to "form a picture of the individual." What a surprise. #TheFirm
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@emptywheel The Firm, by Gary Bruce.“The Stasi’s index card system of cataloguing E. Germans, the backbone of its surveillance apparatus...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel ...involved writing notes on each card whenever a person came to attention of Stasi, even if the instances were years apart."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel "A one-off brush with Stasi might be dismissed, but if individual’s card had a number of entries, they would be looked into...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel ...more closely. [Former Stasi officer’s] metaphor for the Stasi index card system is poignant:...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel 'Out of the mosaic of information on the card, we were able to form a picture of the individual.’” Sound familiar? -
@RachelBLevinson And to think I got pushback when I made that connection last year. http://is.gd/RTmJv7 -
@emptywheel Ha! There are major diffs btw. FBI and Stasi, but among most dangerous is that FBI/NCTC is clothed in respect for First Amdmt,
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