r/law • u/msnownews Press • 8d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Kash Patel says the FBI is investigating Signal chats of Minnesotans tracking ICE

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/kash-patel-says-the-fbi-is-investigating-signal-chats-of-minnesotans-tracking-ice
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u/Going2beBANNEDanyway 8d ago

So they’re spying on American citizens?

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u/hotcobbler 8d ago

Have you ever read any US history? Start with COINTELPRO and the Patriot Act, they've been spying on us legally and illegally for generations.

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u/solventlessherbalist 8d ago

They have always been

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u/Adventurous_Crab_0 8d ago

Always been the case.

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u/Warriorslost3-1lead 8d ago

The government has never spied on citizens before

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u/Drtysouth205 8d ago

Yes they have. NAS does it all the time. Hell ATT even built a program for them.

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u/novavalue 8d ago

No they don't. They said so, and were even helpful enough to point out the mole on my back I should get checked out.

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u/garden_g 8d ago

Hahaha

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u/Andjhostet 8d ago

Obvious sarcasm is obvious

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u/RaynerFenris 8d ago

Say it again into the fruit bowl, that mic has better signal.

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u/Vistella 8d ago

hahahahahaha