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FBI ACCUSED OF USING INTERNET ENTRAPMENT TO CATCH SUSPECTS The Seattle Times newspaper is criticizing the FBI for creating a fake page under the paper’s name in order to monitor a suspect accused of making bomb threats. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has revealed the FBI sent the suspect a link to a fabricated Seattle Times news story during an investigation. Once the suspect clicked on the link, authorities were able to monitor his computer. The FBI says the technique helped subvert a potential threat on a local school, leading to the suspect’s arrest. But Seattle Times editor Kathy Best said: The FBI’s actions, taken without our knowledge, traded on our reputation and put it at peril. In a separate case involving the FBI, lawyers for a group of defendants accused of illegal online gambling have asked a court to dismiss evidence collected by FBI agents. The FBI apparently shut off Internet access at a Las Vegas hotel and then posed as repair technicians to collect evidence. The agents carried out the ruse against the recommendation of a prosecutor who said it could amount to an unreasonable search...
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:42:41 +0000

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