The last month has seen waves of revelations about an unfolding scandal related to text messages in the final days of the Trump administration: It’s recently been revealed that both high-ranking administration officials and Secret Service agents erased almost all text messages sent and received on and around January 6th, 2021.
Of course phones were wiped. Incriminating evidence lost cannot be pinned on someone.
AND I’m frist!!!
My pup knew how a hound should relax!
Subpoenas to the cell providers won’t lead to the content of the text messages, only limited data as to what numbers texted/phoned and when. Cloud storage might still have some of the texts, as could anybody whose phone didn’t get wiped (people at other agencies, the White House, family, etc.).
So, it’s possible some of the texts can be accessed through the phones of others.
I am wondering about something,… I know the NSA isn’t supposed to spy in America but I am willing to bet good cash the voice contents of those calls and the text contents reside in the NSA data center in Utah called “Bumblehive”. It grabs every electronic phone call or text world wide.
They do not, and they could not be used even if they did.
I know they cannot use any of the domestic contents but I suspect stuff is captured
This “planted evidence” meme is bullshit. The warrant will say specifically what the raid was after and then eventually we will know the non- classified bits I am sure. And I bet the warrant would be shown at a trial if there is one in future.
Not without a search warrant. And note that the page you linked is a parody.
OK is this better?
And the data center in Utah actually does exist as far as I can find out. The NSA is not really forthcoming as one would expect.
And note that I many times miss parody and sarcasm when in print.
From my fumbling around I note the NSA has got in trouble in 2018 and 2019 for “inadvertently” collecting the phone calls of millions of Americans. They aren’t supposed to do it but they sure as heck have the instantaneous ability to do so if they want to.
A little more from 2018 as to what the NSA should not have been doing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/04/us/politics/nsa-surveillance-2017-annual-report.html
My immediate reaction to this story is gratitude that Merrick Garland’s footprint is more prominent these days.
@josephebacon…your post
Point 6 is that it is a over if the Dems do not keep the house.
Just another day in GQPer land.
Anything that would stand in their way of world domination must be destroyed. Benchmark GQP.
Congress made it illegal for NSA to bulk-collect American phone records in 2015. If they want phone records, they have to go to the phone companies, with a FISA warrant.
Has Congress talked to the IT staff? Has anyone contacted the geeks who make all this work, and who actually KNOW about servers, operations, backups, and the like?
Admin folk like political appointees can be assumed to be clueless about those computer things, and will make up answers to conceal their ignorance, or flat out lie. I’ve seen it many times.
So Congress and the Justice Department/FBI need to actually GO TO THE SOURCE. We don’t know from the coverage (reporters being like admin folk) whether or not this is being done.
Once again, the GOP proving themselves the Pro-Crime party.
But how likely is it that the others are going to be keeping those texts around now? It’s two years later and it’s not exactly a secret anymore. Rep. Scott Perry, say, would have to be pretty idiotic to still have something incriminating on his phone when it was seized by the FBI this week.
I’m sorry, but if you believe the NSA actually stopped spying inside the US, I have a bridge in London to sell you. They were supposed to have stopped once before but just carried on and called it “inadvertent”, they have everything. They won’t release these messages but they for sure have them.
Fortunately he’s GQP. If he’s changed his phone they might be gone, but if he didn’t, they’re more than likely still there.
Isn’t it lovely to think so?
