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FBI begins recording call-ins (talk radio)
wnd ^ | October 14, 2011 | Kathy Shaidle

Posted on 10/15/2011 8:20:52 AM PDT by opentalk

Next time you call a talk radio station, beware: The FBI may be listening.

According to WMAL.com, "The FBI has awarded a $524,927 contract to a Virginia company to record as much radio news and talk programming as it can find on the Internet. …

The FBI says it is not playing Big Brother by policing the airwaves, but rather seeking access to what airs as potential evidence." The agency's reasons for recording all these radio programs don't get any clearer as the news report goes on. No doubt that is intentional.

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


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To: opentalk

KPFA in Berkley Ca is a good place to start.


41 posted on 10/15/2011 8:52:12 AM PDT by jetson
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To: bkopto

When government gets too big, nonsense such as this is inevitable. Omama’s paranoia just makes it worse. It starts as a half million dollars and will balloon as all government projects do. Vote for candidates that are for smaller government, less taxes (never feed the beast) and limited government as set out in the Constitution before the courts mis-interpreted it to allow all sorts of intrusive powers.


42 posted on 10/15/2011 8:53:09 AM PDT by RicocheT (Eat the rich only if you're certain it's your last meal)
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To: opentalk
Don't most of these talk shows have webpages with searchable, archived transcripts? I know that Rush Limbaugh has one, as do many others. Or is this leak simply a way of telling the people who would call into these shows, "You are being watched"
43 posted on 10/15/2011 8:53:26 AM PDT by jmcenanly (Things will be better in 2013)
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To: donhunt
How about if everyone who calls in any show is “Mike from Pittsburgh”?

Good idea! Maybe every female caller can be "Nancy from San Francisco" and every male caller can be "Rahm from Chicago."

44 posted on 10/15/2011 8:54:19 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: opentalk

Is there any doubt they are also monitoring places like FR and the like, recording comments and user ID’s? (tin-foil hat alert)


45 posted on 10/15/2011 8:57:31 AM PDT by rawhide
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To: donhunt
How about if everyone who calls in any show is “Mike from Pittsburgh”?

But I don’t like Pittsburg.

Can I be Mike form Buffalo instead.

46 posted on 10/15/2011 9:00:57 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Little Pig
Funny that they leave out the crucial bit, and don’t explain what they want evidence *of*.

Evidence of the need for further government evidence gathering and intervention.
This is ham handed intimidation like the toll free hot lines. It is a warning that you better watch your step if you speak out against dear leader.

47 posted on 10/15/2011 9:03:49 AM PDT by oldbrowser (Democrats have no superego.)
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To: rawhide

It’s not so tin-foil, really.

I’d think that the level of electronic eavesdropping required is more likely the domain of the NSA than the FBI, though.

Think “Echelon”.


48 posted on 10/15/2011 9:05:33 AM PDT by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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To: opentalk

Can they start with Randy Rhoads and Alan Combs?


49 posted on 10/15/2011 9:06:36 AM PDT by CriticalJ (Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.. But then I repeat myself. MT)
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To: opentalk

If there is somebody they should be listening into its Leftist Talk Radio. The Norman Goldman show to be exact. He for several weeks has been asking his callers to rig the election.

Norman Goldman ask listeners to rig election (vanity)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2781296/posts


50 posted on 10/15/2011 9:13:54 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: Gaffer
Concur. NSA doesn't have delusions of grandeur, but Holder's DoJ, Napolitano’s DHS, and Mueller's FBI do. That is bad for America.
51 posted on 10/15/2011 9:25:54 AM PDT by MasterGunner01 (To err is human; to forgive is not our policy. -- SEAL Team SIX)
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To: umgud

There you go again, umgud, questioning the wisdom of our government. I had to report you to “Fishy” (flag@whitehouse.gov) and “AttackWatch” just in case the FBI somehow overlooked your anti-administration remark.


52 posted on 10/15/2011 9:38:46 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
There has to be a way to verbally flip-the-bird to the FBI when we call in to these shows.

"Oh, and goodnight Mrs. Hoover, wherever you are."

53 posted on 10/15/2011 10:15:17 AM PDT by Prospero
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To: opentalk

Maybe it’ll turn some screaming liberals to sense.


54 posted on 10/15/2011 10:20:17 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

From an old George Carlin routine:

“I had a friend who knew he was being wiretapped, so he always answered the phone ‘Hi, F**k Hoover...yes, go ahead...’.”


55 posted on 10/15/2011 10:23:51 AM PDT by hoagy62 (The United States of America. Great idea...while it lasted.)
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To: circlecity
The only way this could conceivably be “potential evidence” is if the FBI was pretty sure it had the ability to track down the identity of “Mike from Pittsburg.”

If they know when he called in, they can get phone company records that would lead them back to Mike's phone.

56 posted on 10/15/2011 10:27:24 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (When you've only heard lies your entire life, the truth sounds insane.)
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To: opentalk

In case they are monitoring FR....

FUFBI


57 posted on 10/15/2011 10:39:36 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts ma'am, just the facts)
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To: faucetman

Like the scene in Goodfellas, where Robert DeNiro goes and wakes up the guys in the car that have been following him, “C’mon, F-—os, let’s go for a ride.”


58 posted on 10/15/2011 10:42:40 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: donhunt
How about if everyone who calls in any show is “Mike from Pittsburgh”?

I prefer "Barack from Washington".

59 posted on 10/15/2011 10:46:11 AM PDT by Lockbox (`)
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Freedom of speech, just watch what you say.



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60 posted on 10/15/2011 10:49:11 AM PDT by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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