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Title: 'Swat-ing' conservative bloggers
Post by: brimic on June 07, 2012, 10:15:46 AM: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/06/senator-asks-doj-to-investigate-swat-ting-attacks-on-conservative-bloggers/

Senator Asks DOJ to Investigate SWAT-ting Attacks on Conservative Bloggers
A number of conservative bloggers allege they have been targeted through the use of harassment tactics such as SWAT-ting (fooling 911 operators into sending emergency teams to their homes), in retaliation for posts they have written, and now Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., has stepped into the matter. He has sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to investigate the SWAT-ting cases to see if federal laws have been violated.

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Heris the guy who the bloggers believe is behind the fraudulent 911 calls:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Kimberlin
Title: Re: 'Swat-ing' conservative bloggers
Post by: longeyes on June 07, 2012, 10:53:14 AM: Just the anteroom of the future agon.
Title: Re: 'Swat-ing' conservative bloggers
Post by: RevDisk on June 07, 2012, 10:55:14 AM: Ah, nice. Some people are scumbags. Thankfully, these ended alright. Would not be surprised if there are eventually fatalities.
Title: Re: 'Swat-ing' conservative bloggers
Post by: TechMan on June 07, 2012, 11:02:50 AM: As a reminder, copying and pasting entire articles is not allowed. (http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=25455.0)
Title: Re: 'Swat-ing' conservative bloggers
Post by: brimic on June 07, 2012, 11:19:33 AM: Quote
http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=25455.0

Oops, My bad. :facepalm:
Title: Re: 'Swat-ing' conservative bloggers
Post by: MechAg94 on June 07, 2012, 05:28:06 PM: So is there some reason they would not be able to track the perpetrator down? Or at least establish where the call came from with the phone company.
Title: Re: 'Swat-ing' conservative bloggers
Post by: Balog on June 07, 2012, 06:29:01 PM: Pre paid cell phone?
Title: Re: 'Swat-ing' conservative bloggers
Post by: brimic on June 07, 2012, 06:55:32 PM: The bloggers think their own IP or phone number was being spoofed. Apparantly the 911 calls came from the bloggers own phone numbers, with claims that they had just shot their wives.

These 'pranks' for a lack of a better term, could have easily gotten someone killed.
Title: Re: 'Swat-ing' conservative bloggers
Post by: Jamie B on June 07, 2012, 07:03:57 PM: Yikes, another liberal plot.....what a thin-skinned and paranoid country we have become.
Title: Re: 'Swat-ing' conservative bloggers
Post by: Perd Hapley on June 07, 2012, 07:26:54 PM: I trust we are all much relieved to know that stalwart Eric Holder and his incorruptible Department of Justice are on the case?
Title: Re: 'Swat-ing' conservative bloggers
Post by: TommyGunn on June 07, 2012, 07:58:20 PM: Quote from: fistful on June 07, 2012, 07:26:54 PM
I trust we are all much relieved to know that stalwart Eric Holder and his incorruptible Department of Justice are on the case?

You're joking ...
...right? [popcorn]
Title: Re: 'Swat-ing' conservative bloggers
Post by: brimic on June 07, 2012, 11:26:30 PM: Quote
I trust we are all much relieved to know that stalwart Eric Holder and his incorruptible Department of Justice are on the case?

Maybe because he hadn't thought of the tactic himself and wants to learn the ins and outs of phone spoofing??
Title: Re: 'Swat-ing' conservative bloggers
Post by: MechAg94 on June 08, 2012, 11:37:39 AM: Quote from: Jamie B on June 07, 2012, 07:03:57 PM
Yikes, another liberal plot.....what a thin-skinned and paranoid country we have become.
Well, in this instance, somebody did something pretty bad/dangerous. Who did it is the question. Speculation abounds.