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Silk Road Creator Sentenced to Life Without Parole for Doing What We Pay the Russians to Do
sgberman.com ^ | 6/12/15 | Steve Berman

Posted on 06/12/2015 7:06:58 AM PDT by lifeofgrace

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1 posted on 06/12/2015 7:06:58 AM PDT by lifeofgrace
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To: Paid_Russian_Troll

Figured you should be pinged to this...


2 posted on 06/12/2015 7:12:50 AM PDT by null and void (I wish we lived in less interesting times, but at least we have front-row seats.)
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To: null and void
...still scratching my head as to why a blatant supporter of the KGB and Russian authoritarianism, gets to exist on Freerepublic.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!

3 posted on 06/12/2015 7:17:25 AM PDT by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: null and void; McGruff
"Figured you should be pinged to this..."

Don't forget FR's biggest Putin sucker Supporter...McGruff

4 posted on 06/12/2015 7:19:04 AM PDT by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: lormand

Based on my experience, he’s a stand up guy.


5 posted on 06/12/2015 7:23:34 AM PDT by null and void (I wish we lived in less interesting times, but at least we have front-row seats.)
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To: lifeofgrace

They don’t want us to exist off the grid. It’s becoming increasingly obvious that if we’re not able to be monitored, we’re a “kook” or even an enemy of the state. If we work through TOR or VPNs, we’re paranoid.

While I don’t support this man’s choice of careers, a life sentence for setting up a back-channel bazaar confounds the senses. There will come a time where those of us who voluntarily choose to stay away from social media and other heavily-monitored online venues will be considered a threat to national security.


6 posted on 06/12/2015 7:31:30 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: rarestia

Yeah. My local conservative talk radio station announced this morning that the State advised them that their phones are tapped.


7 posted on 06/12/2015 7:33:21 AM PDT by null and void (I wish we lived in less interesting times, but at least we have front-row seats.)
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To: null and void

News flash: everyone’s phone is tapped. Whether you like it or not, nothing you do or say over a digital medium is safe or private.


8 posted on 06/12/2015 7:37:28 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: rarestia; montag813

Also, when Fireman Montage 813 was talking to a book collector’s neighbor, the neighbor said she ‘never trusted them.’ ‘Why?’ asked Montag. She pointed at the roof, ‘no TV antenna.’


9 posted on 06/12/2015 7:38:09 AM PDT by null and void (I wish we lived in less interesting times, but at least we have front-row seats.)
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To: null and void; McGruff; Paid_Russian_Troll
"Based on my experience, he’s a stand up guy."

Who, McGruff?

If so, I suggest you do a search of his posts...most are designed to embarrass Kiev. McGruff is Paid_Russian_Troll on steroids.

10 posted on 06/12/2015 7:39:16 AM PDT by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: rarestia

Some phones are more tapped than others, KKFT’s phone is being tapped with a “valid” warrant and court order.


11 posted on 06/12/2015 7:40:14 AM PDT by null and void (I wish we lived in less interesting times, but at least we have front-row seats.)
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To: rarestia
While I don’t support this man’s choice of careers, a life sentence for setting up a back-channel bazaar confounds the senses.

Agreed.
Actually I don't know that I condemn his career choice of providing a private bartering system that was off the Government's monitoring Grid. The only 'wrong' I see if by our Government overlords.
Don't bend the knee to the slave-masters and you get thrown into the hoosegow for life.

12 posted on 06/12/2015 7:40:51 AM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: lormand

Your question was post 3, McGruff’s first mention was post 4, and I agree about McGruff.


13 posted on 06/12/2015 7:41:45 AM PDT by null and void (I wish we lived in less interesting times, but at least we have front-row seats.)
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To: lormand

Your Putin Derangement Syndrome is showing.


14 posted on 06/12/2015 7:42:18 AM PDT by McGruff (Never Forget)
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To: McGruff

Putinphillia...


15 posted on 06/12/2015 7:47:04 AM PDT by null and void (I wish we lived in less interesting times, but at least we have front-row seats.)
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To: rarestia

he also contracted six murders according to his own personal journal and accounting records


16 posted on 06/12/2015 7:57:02 AM PDT by Shamrock498
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To: Shamrock498

Like I said, I don’t condone his business model. If you read the charging documents, it reads like government paranoia. The murder contracts were a small part of the overall charges.


17 posted on 06/12/2015 7:59:28 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: lifeofgrace

The guy was a drug dealer. Good riddance.


18 posted on 06/12/2015 8:27:57 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: lifeofgrace

Drug Dealers use Cash, therefore if Cash is banned then we can stop Drug Dealers...

Of course a lot of innocent people use Cash everyday, but not anymore if you use Cash you will soon be Guilty.. well of something...


19 posted on 06/12/2015 8:37:35 AM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: rarestia

“While I don’t support this man’s choice of careers, a life sentence for setting up a back-channel bazaar confounds the senses.”

His mistake was actively being involved in drug transactions and recruiting dealers (and supposedly paying to resolve disputes with violence). Drugs are the most lucrative product on Earth and he got too greedy.

If he simply kept it as an open site and didn’t get involved in increasing drug sales, the sentence would have likely been more lenient


20 posted on 06/12/2015 8:58:29 AM PDT by varyouga
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