FBI wants it's GPS tracking device back

[CptStern]

A California student got a visit from the FBI this week after he found a secret GPS tracking device on his car, and a friend posted photos of it online. The post prompted wide speculation about whether the device was real, whether the young Arab-American was being targeted in a terrorism investigation and what the authorities would do.

It took just 48 hours to find out: The device was real, the student was being secretly tracked and the FBI wanted their expensive device back, the student told Wired.com in an interview Wednesday.

Afifi got into his car and headed for the parking lot exit when two SUVs pulled up with flashing lights carrying four police officers in bullet-proof vests.

The agent who initially spoke with Afifi identified himself then as Vincent and told Afifi, “We’re here to recover the device you found on your vehicle. It’s federal property. It’s an expensive piece, and we need it right now.”

Afifi asked, “Are you the guys that put it there?” and the agent replied, “Yeah, I put it there.” He told Afifi, “We’re going to make this much more difficult for you if you don’t cooperate.”

Afifi retrieved the device from his apartment and handed it over, at which point the agents asked a series of questions – did he know anyone who traveled to Yemen or was affiliated with overseas training? One of the agents produced a printout of a blog post that Afifi’s friend Khaled allegedly wrote a couple of months ago. It had “something to do with a mall or a bomb,” Afifi said. He hadn’t seen it before and doesn’t know the details of what it said. He found it hard to believe Khaled meant anything threatening by the post.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/10/fbi-tracking-device/#ixzz11mNwf47G

this is the post on reddit he supposedly wrote that the FBI found threatening:

bombing a mall seems so easy to do. i mean all you really need is a bomb, a regular outfit so you arent the crazy guy in a trench coat trying to blow up a mall and a shopping bag. i mean if terrorism were actually a legitimate threat, think about how many ****ing malls would have blown up already.. you can put a bag in a million different places, there would be no way to foresee the next target, and really no way to prevent it unless CTU gets some intel at the last minute in which case every city but LA is ****ed...so...yea...now i'm surely bugged : /

that doesnt sound all that threatening <checks car for gps tracking device>

http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/c...deodorant_could_be_a_bomb_why_are_you/c0sve5q

 

[Solaris]

He was a fool to keep hold of it. In that reddit thread there was a lot of qualified people telling him immediately to get a lawyer and hand the thing in.

 

[Mr. Djees]

His friend Khaled does have a point though. You could easily bomb a mall if you just.... Oh...

 

[Rizzo]

Yeah. The mall is da bomb.

Is that still a thing? Saying something is da bomb? If not, I put a bomb in the mall.

 

[<RJMC>]

so it wasnt a rare vibrator some crazy guy hide in its car?

 

[Eejit]

I thought the UK was the stasi state.

 

[15357]

Yeah, welll,, its gov. property aint it.

 

[Ridge]

Had I found a tracking device, I would immediately smash the hell out of it with the heaviest thing I could grab.

And their intercepting him is BS. He didn't have to answer a single goddamn question. This shit is getting out of hand.

 

[<RJMC>]

Yeah, welll,, its gov. property aint it.

hey they give it to him so I think he should keep it

 

[Bad^Hat]

Yeah, it was their property so it's only right.

Like the other week when I held up a taxi at gunpoint because I left my cellphone in there.

 

[CptStern]

Yeah, welll,, its gov. property aint it.

attached to a privately owned vehicle. finders keepers rule applies here methinks. also **** you narc

Had I found a tracking device, I would immediately smash the hell out of it with the heaviest thing I could grab.

damaging federal property is a federal crime. hope you like bright orange jumpsuits

And their intercepting him is BS. He didn't have to answer a single goddamn question. This shit is getting out of hand.

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed



you know what you must do


<hums battle hymn of the republic>

 

[Krynn72]

Could he have gotten in trouble if he had smashed it, or just threw it out? If I found something like that on my car, I certainly wouldn't have kept it in my possession.

Yeah. The mall is da bomb.

Is that still a thing? Saying something is da bomb? If not, I put a bomb in the mall.

This made me lol.

 

[knut]

shoulda done a marlo stanfield with it, or something similar at least

 

[Escaep]

Should have put it in his butt.

 

[Mogi67]

i would've left it in a field somewhere

 

[Remus]

I would've chucked it down a manhole, then it would've went on through the sewer system.

 

[Solaris]

I would've chucked it down a manhole, then it would've went on through the sewer system.

Then you could very possibly have gone to jail for a long time for interfering with a police investigation and destroying government property.

 

[Letters]

Then you could very possibly have gone to jail for a long time for interfering with a police investigation and destroying government property.

Don't be stupid.

The FBI was clearly in the wrong here, and those responsible are probably already suspended.

 

[Solaris]

Don't be stupid.

The FBI was clearly in the wrong here, and those responsible are probably already suspended.

You'd be happy taking that chance ****ing with the FBI?

Better you than me buddy.

 

[Remus]

Then you could very possibly have gone to jail for a long time for interfering with a police investigation and destroying government property.

I see, and would that apply if the tracking device simply got detached accidentally, leaving it in the middle of the road.

This whole thing is BULL SHIT btw.

You'd be happy taking that chance ****ing with the FBI?

The FBI can go suck a dick.

 

[Escaep]

I see, and would that apply if the tracking device simply got detached accidentally, leaving it in the middle of the road.

This whole thing is BULL SHIT btw.



The FBI can go suck a dick.

Go say that to their face, wimp.

 

[Remus]

Go say that to their face, wimp.

Sure, buy me a plane ticket first.

Oh wait, I'm probably on the ban list, after saying all this crap. Hahah

 

[Escaep]

Sure, buy me a plane ticket first.

Oh wait, I'm probably on the ban list, after saying all this crap. Hahah

Probably. The cyberpolice are investigating you already.

 

[CptStern]

Don't be stupid.

The FBI was clearly in the wrong here, and those responsible are probably already suspended.

no. they dont need a warrant to plant a tracking device

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9182499/Appeals_court_OKs_warrantless_GPS_tracking_by_feds

 

[Higlac]

Should have put it in a box and mailed it to Yemen.

 

[unozero]

lol @ at the tough guys in here

"**** tha FBI duuur"

 

[Bad^Hat]

I see, and would that apply if the tracking device simply got detached accidentally, leaving it in the middle of the road.

Well I mean... it's a tracking device. It's not like they can ****ing lose it.

 

[VirusType2]

Mall stores could have transparent shopping bags and 'checkpoints' everywhere with detectors.

That's right. I have nothing more to add.

 

[Mogi67]

Just put it on someone else's car

 

[Krynn72]

shoulda done a marlo stanfield with it, or something similar at least

You know its a GPS tracking device, not a camera right? You can't exactly hide something that broadcasts its position to satellites in outer space, in a pigeon nest.

 

[knut]

You know its a GPS tracking device, not a camera right? You can't exactly hide something that broadcasts its position to satellites in outer space, in a pigeon nest.

that's why i said something similar

not to mention that i wasn't, you know, being completely serious regarding taking an idea already done on a multi-million times viewed tv show regarding the police.

 

[VirusType2]

Stick a camera up your rectum with a flashlight, and eat bean burritos

Also a microphone