The FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE, Patel says

[highplainsdem]

Source: NBC

FBI Director Kash Patel said Monday that he had opened an investigation into the Signal group text chats that Minnesota residents are using to share information about federal immigration agents’ movements, launching a new front in the Trump administration’s conflict there with potential free speech implications.

Patel said in an interview with conservative podcaster Benny Johnson that he wanted to know whether any Minnesota residents had put federal agents “in harm’s way” with activities such as sharing agents’ license plate numbers and locations.

“You cannot create a scenario that illegally entraps and puts law enforcement in harm’s way,” he said in the interview, which was posted to YouTube.

The investigation quickly drew skepticism from free speech advocates who said the First Amendment protects members of the public who share legally obtained information, such as the names of federal agents or where they are conducting enforcement operations.

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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/fbi-investigating-minnesota-signal-minneapolis-group-ice-patel-kash-rcna256041

[Lovie777]

1. Well folks......................

the freedoms of the USA is slowly slipping away.

[Tetrachloride]

2. I sense false flag / diversionary tactics by Patel. Investigating "Signal chats" ?

sounds to me that Patel is trying to save face.

For those who don't know, Signal is a messaging app on phones. it is said to be the most secure among the popular messaging apps, except for waggling eyebrows.

[SheltieLover]

3. Release the trump epstein files!

[Deuxcents]

4. Gee..haven't heard of any ICE fatalities..just innocent people and families being disrupted and deported

But by all means, spend our tax dollars on investigating our conversations

[zorbasd]

5. First amendment be damned

[Deuxcents]

6. No way..there's more than one way to get a conversation out and we'll use all of them.

[Attilatheblond]

7. I see flare guns and homing pigeons in my future

[Deuxcents]

10. Whatever it takes and we're very resourceful

[Bayard]

9. Illegal search and seizure?

Right to privacy?

What was that thing the NRA people used to say.....You'll get my phone when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.

[Captain Zero]

11. Don't Let the Bastards Get You Down

I shared a FB post from my city councilman this past weekend. General vicinity alert.

All I'm saying is:
First IceMan busting through my door is going to hell with me.