| Hah, remember this story? https://apnews.com/article/1e42c1a6fd324f5784c414fcd2adbd17 > The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives lost track of most of the guns, including two found at the scene where a U.S. Border Patrol Agent was fatally shot in the Arizona desert. The operation sparked a political backlash against the Obama administration. > Attkisson left CBS in 2014 and is now the host of “Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson,” a weekly Sunday news program broadcast by the conservative Sinclair Broadcast Group. > In her lawsuit, Attkisson says that two computer forensics teams identified an unauthorized communications channel opened into her laptop was connected to an IP address belonging to the U.S. Postal Service, “indicating unauthorized surveillance.” > Government lawyers argue that Attkisson’s lawsuit does not include any evidence that Holder and Donahoe had direct involvement in spying on her. > “At best, plaintiffs’ complaint suggests a mere possibility that Holder and Donahoe could have participated in developing or enforcing policies concerning electronic surveillance generally; there are no allegations that they conducted or ordered the particular incursions about which plaintiffs complain,” Justice Department lawyers argue in a legal brief filed in the 4th Circuit. The Obama administration used USPS to spy on journalists investigating Fast and Furious. It sounded ridiculous at the time -- "The USPS is spying on journalists, and not the NSA, and not the FBI, and not the CIA? Suuure." Not so ridiculous anymore. I'm tired of being angry about this, I've been asking for change for most of my adult life. Our constitution isn't worth anything anymore. The federal government needs to shrink. Asking nicely to not be spied on does not work. On a more silly note, this whole scenario reminds me of this Seinfeld clip. https://youtu.be/On3cQ0sPvSY?t=46 |