First off I have spent almost ten years in Army Intelligence, I know exactly what I am talking about.
Bottom Line: The DOD Intelligence Oversight program states that (Paraphrased) Intelligence personnel may not intentionally target, collect, retain, and disseminate information on U.S. persons CONUS or OCONUS. Information pertaining to U.S. persons posing a threat to DoD personnel, resources or activities, is criminal information and falls under the purview of law enforcement and security. The key word here is intelligence personnel. The argument that "oh, those pysops guys spied on senators" holds no water, army pysops falls under special forces, not MI.
In response to Chris, the US military is not prohibited from conducting operations in the US, the US Military, when under federal control, is prohibited from enforcing US laws by Posse Comitatus. This is why the Coast Guard is not legally considered a military force and falls under DHS and not DOD.
"These reports and others show that that (sic) craigslist's imagined utopia, where every Adult Services advertisement is harmless until proven otherwise, is a fallacy"
Yes!!! it is non-sense to assume anyone posting an add on craigslist is innocent until proven guilty, heck it's downright un-American to presume that something is legal before it is proven otherwise.
BestNetTech, try to get your facts straight. The document states that the American Embassy in Iraq, not CENTCOM was contacted by the MPAA concerning the sale of pirated media on embassy grounds, according to the memo MNF-I, (Multi-National Forces-Iraq, a subordinate command of CENCTOM) the originator of the memo was never asked about the sale of pirated media, much less asked to stop it. The purpose of the memo (as stated in the first paragraph: Purpose) was to prepare the public affairs desk to answer possible questions from the MPAA, not to answer those already asked.
I returned from Afghanistan in December, I averaged 3 or 4 bootlegs a week. I did it not to save money, but because AAFES (Army and Air Force Exchange Service) didn't sell new release movies and we didn't have access to a movie theater. Since there is zero availability of legitimate popular movies, where is the MPAA's interest in combating downrange piracy at all?
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On the subject of DOD entities targeting Americans.
First off I have spent almost ten years in Army Intelligence, I know exactly what I am talking about.
Bottom Line: The DOD Intelligence Oversight program states that (Paraphrased) Intelligence personnel may not intentionally target, collect, retain, and disseminate information on U.S. persons CONUS or OCONUS. Information pertaining to U.S. persons posing a threat to DoD personnel, resources or activities, is criminal information and falls under the purview of law enforcement and security. The key word here is intelligence personnel. The argument that "oh, those pysops guys spied on senators" holds no water, army pysops falls under special forces, not MI.
In response to Chris, the US military is not prohibited from conducting operations in the US, the US Military, when under federal control, is prohibited from enforcing US laws by Posse Comitatus. This is why the Coast Guard is not legally considered a military force and falls under DHS and not DOD.
harmless...
"These reports and others show that that (sic) craigslist's imagined utopia, where every Adult Services advertisement is harmless until proven otherwise, is a fallacy"
Yes!!! it is non-sense to assume anyone posting an add on craigslist is innocent until proven guilty, heck it's downright un-American to presume that something is legal before it is proven otherwise.
fact checking
BestNetTech, try to get your facts straight. The document states that the American Embassy in Iraq, not CENTCOM was contacted by the MPAA concerning the sale of pirated media on embassy grounds, according to the memo MNF-I, (Multi-National Forces-Iraq, a subordinate command of CENCTOM) the originator of the memo was never asked about the sale of pirated media, much less asked to stop it. The purpose of the memo (as stated in the first paragraph: Purpose) was to prepare the public affairs desk to answer possible questions from the MPAA, not to answer those already asked.
To Clarify
I returned from Afghanistan in December, I averaged 3 or 4 bootlegs a week. I did it not to save money, but because AAFES (Army and Air Force Exchange Service) didn't sell new release movies and we didn't have access to a movie theater. Since there is zero availability of legitimate popular movies, where is the MPAA's interest in combating downrange piracy at all?