FCC watchdog tells Congress to arm some of its investigators

Washington Examiner ^ | 1/19/15 | Sarah Westwood

[Nachum]

Federal Communications Commission watchdogs may one day carry guns thanks to a request to Congress by the agency’s inspector general that his office be allowed to hire armed criminal investigators. David Hunt, the FCC IG, argued before the House Energy and Commerce Committee that the oversight of communications programs requires his team to investigate violations in potentially dangerous settings, thereby justifying the need to arm selected investigators. Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation officials aid the FCC watchdog in criminal cases at present, but Hunt pointed to difficulties in securing support from the FBI in cases worth less than $1 million. Hunt

[Nachum]

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[headstamp 2]

Yes, more SWAT teams and armored personnel carriers.

[Steely Tom]

Net Neutrality is all about bringing the internet under the authority of the FCC.

[Domandred]

Just another agency going rogue.

[Darksheare]

For what?
HAM radio operators?
CB operators?
Someone with a noisy transmitter of one flavor or other?
Oh yeah, FCC wants to own the internet...
...gotta stomp out those thought crimes at those “undesirable websites” that “disrespect Obama” I guess?

[INVAR]

That would be the actual, underlying reason for all of it.

Most Americans simply will not let their minds go there because it’s too horrifying to contemplate, even though all the evidence is right there in front of our faces.

[AmericanVictory]

Yes, we must have militarily enforced thought control.

[Birdsbane]

What next, Children & Family case workers packing heat?

[combat_boots]

Tin foil appears to have been a bit too 20th century. Even last year or two years ago doesn’t cut it anymore. We’re in a whole other level of out of bounds thought.

[WMarshal]

If the Republican congress signs off on this bureaucratic power-grab then we, as patriots, will know that the republic created by Founders is lost and that the Tree of Liberty will have to be watered with blood.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

They need to be armed to make sure that free speech is safe on the Interwebs.

[cynwoody]

Here in Boston, there is a pirate on 87.74, B87FM. They run normal FM station commercials, and they cover the metro area from a location in Dorchester. No need to worry about no steenkin' FCC!

[BitWielder1]

Because FCC knows they're about to do something bad.
Like EPA style raids but on network providers.

[ThunderSleeps]

Yeah, because computer nerds and tech weenies have such a long history of physical violence... {snort}

[EagleUSA]

More totalitarian FEDERAL CONTROL. The Obama Marxist wet dream.

[Scrambler Bob]

Better load and holster my 9mm before tuning in Rush tomorrow.

They better come during commercial breaks so the gunfire does not interrupt the show.

[publius911]

David Hunt, the FCC IG, argued before the House Energy and Commerce Committee that the oversight of communications programs requires his team to investigate violations in potentially dangerous settings, thereby justifying the need to arm selected investigators.

What percentage of investigations involve "dangerous settings?"

I hope none of those "dangerous Settings" involve the Amish?

Because in that case we may even be talking "racism."

[Scrambler Bob]

“Communications” with Bull Horns?

[INVAR]

Or in the literal sense of this request; militarily-enforced Internet Control - which is in reality, the same thing as Militarized Thought Control.