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by dm2 4698 days ago
That's not necessarily true. Yes, the FBI probably creates a file on everyone who purchases uranium in the US. FBI agents visit people regularly just to feel out their intentions and add to their file. If they see that you are a small start-up that is interested in energy generation, programming, and enjoys living life without any intentions of harming people, then they will note that in their file and leave you alone.

Yes, the FBI has a file on any activist, anyone who visits a country unfriendly to the US, anyone has a written a hateful email/letter to a public official, everyone who has committed a violent crime, anyone who owns a gun, and anyone who has the potential or motive to harm citizens. It's their JOB. It's what the organization was created to do.

Lookup how many major terrorist events are prevented by the FBI.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_the_United_States#...

Then they also prevent bank robberies, ID theft, public official corruption, and more.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation

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What's the justification for the activists bit? Surely you didn't mean to say they were created for stuff like COINTELPRO?

Also, who above the age of two doesn't have the "potential" to harm citizens?