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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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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 8 Nov 2017

    emptywheel Retweeted Dustin Volz

    FBI pretty clearly creating a panic here. Meanwhile, the govt is still not speaking to the govt to prevent fuckers like his from buying an assault rifle.https://twitter.com/dnvolz/status/928381110962278400 …

    emptywheel added,

    Dustin VolzVerified account @dnvolz
    Source says FBI did not contact Apple for help unlocking Texas gunman's phone for ~48 hours, closing potential window to unlock via fingerprint http://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-shooting-apple-fbi/fbi-may-have-lost-critical-time-unlocking-texas-shooters-iphone-idUSKBN1D833F …
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      2. Stambovsky v. Ackley, 169 A.D.2d 254 (1991)  ⚖ 💾 ☠ 😈‏ @Esquiring 8 Nov 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Maybe I'm dense, but ... why is unlocking the phone even important here? There's not any dearth of information about what he did and why, and text messages are available from others.

        2 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 8 Nov 2017
        Replying to @Esquiring

        That's what I keep saying. They have him threatening mom-in-law. There's no hint of a co-conspirator. But I think that's the point. As w/SB they're going to politicize a phone they know they don't need to access.

        1 reply 2 retweets 2 likes
      4.  💀Riana-Mator 💀‏ @Riana_Crypto 8 Nov 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel @Esquiring

        If letting 48 hrs go was intentional, it undermines cred if they push for backdoor law. "We threw out the tool we had, but we totes need a law." If unintentional, still a bad look: "We keep fucking up even tho we should know better! Give us a backdoor so we can fuck that up too."

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      5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 8 Nov 2017
        Replying to @Riana_Crypto @Esquiring

        And yet do you doubt that's what is happening?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6.  💀Riana-Mator 💀‏ @Riana_Crypto 8 Nov 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel @Esquiring

        And yet *sigh* as said, I find it hard to assume otherwise, yes.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Kat Capps‏ @KatCapps 8 Nov 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Why didn’t they press the dead man’s finger to the screen?

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 8 Nov 2017
        Replying to @KatCapps

        That's the point of the story. FBI had a way to get in the phone, chose not to use it. SB replay.

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. Kat Capps‏ @KatCapps 8 Nov 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Ahhh.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. It's people! Pumpkin spice is people!‏ @znmeb 8 Nov 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Why the Hell wasn't the shooter behind bars for life? He was a vicious, violent man - forget buying firearms, he should have been off the streets!

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      3. It's people! Pumpkin spice is people!‏ @znmeb 8 Nov 2017
        Replying to @znmeb @emptywheel

        He shouldn't have been able to buy a knife or a baseball bat or drive a vehicle.

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      1. Judy‏ @Kissthiz 8 Nov 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Get real. It wouldn't stop any of them. Doesn't stop Mexico & we're a little smarter than that, aren't we?

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      1. Cream Of Halloween Soup™ 🎃‏ @FeasterFamine 8 Nov 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Can't imagine this happening if the shooter had been of darker hue.

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