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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    1. matt blaze‏Verified account @mattblaze 3 Jun 2015

      Confused about the FBI plane story. Why are the planes registered to shell companies at all? What does that accomplish?

      14 replies 6 retweets 8 likes
    2. matt blaze‏Verified account @mattblaze 3 Jun 2015
      Replying to @mattblaze

      It seems similar to the way the rendition aircraft were registered, but there I can understand why they were hiding ownership.

      1 reply 2 retweets 2 likes
    3. matt blaze‏Verified account @mattblaze 3 Jun 2015
      Replying to @mattblaze

      It's not like law enforcement using aircraft is strange or unheard of. The only thing making it stand out is the way they're registered.

      2 replies 4 retweets 5 likes
    4. matt blaze‏Verified account @mattblaze 3 Jun 2015
      Replying to @mattblaze

      In particular, it seems they were squawking a common code used by FBI. So this just makes no sense.

      13 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
      emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 3 Jun 2015
      Replying to @mattblaze

      @mattblaze Maybe they're not FBI but another agency's. Maybe the FBI thing is a limited hangout?

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        1. matt blaze‏Verified account @mattblaze 3 Jun 2015
          Replying to @emptywheel

          @emptywheel But a gov't registered aircraft (say GSA) flying around wouldn't raise an eyebrow. This just invites more scrutiny.

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        2. serious political scientist‏ @HongPong 3 Jun 2015
          Replying to @emptywheel

          ppl at the Binney event in Eden Prairie MN tonite said he thought NSA TREASURE MAP could likely get the data @emptywheel @mattblaze

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        3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 3 Jun 2015
          Replying to @HongPong

          @HongPong We talked a bit about that-that's just mapping though. Why fly circles to map? @mattblaze

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        4. matt blaze‏Verified account @mattblaze 3 Jun 2015
          Replying to @emptywheel

          @emptywheel @HongPong Right. But LE uses aircraft for roving surveillance all the time.

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        5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 3 Jun 2015
          Replying to @mattblaze

          @mattblaze Yes. But then back to your question. Why the crappy cover? @HongPong

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        6. matt blaze‏Verified account @mattblaze 3 Jun 2015
          Replying to @emptywheel

          @emptywheel @HongPong Yeah, its just weird.

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        7. Ted Bridis‏Verified account @tbridis 3 Jun 2015
          Replying to @mattblaze

          @mattblaze @emptywheel Squawks, call signs were giveaways if you knew to listen. Tail #s obfuscated if U saw plane and did ownership lookup

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        8. matt blaze‏Verified account @mattblaze 3 Jun 2015
          Replying to @tbridis

          @tbridis @emptywheel Yeah. But even if it had "FBI" painted on the tail that wouldn't be visible by whoever they're watching on the ground.

          2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        9. matt blaze‏Verified account @mattblaze 3 Jun 2015
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          @tbridis @emptywheel The ownership obfuscation just makes no sense,

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        2. serious political scientist‏ @HongPong 3 Jun 2015
          Replying to @emptywheel

          there should be video sooner or later from event @ComradeBurg had the panel to lay the cryptolulz down @emptywheel @mattblaze

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        3. Christopher Burg‏ @ComradeBurg 4 Jun 2015
          Replying to @HongPong

          @hongpong http://anarchyinaction.tv/  said the video would be posted in about two weeks. Somebody may get it up sooner. @emptywheel @mattblaze

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