Shouldn't you trolls be focused on the next election? It's not like you are going to thwart his third election.

My that is interesting. My question is if everyone is anonymous and there are zero fees, then how do they expect to get their 1 million dollars back? Venture capitalists don't just give out money an expect nothing in return.

OK, you beat me to it. There have been a number of "What's the minimum amount of $LANGUAGE do you think I can get away in order to land my dream job? Preferably something that earns 6 figures...

Ok folks, I like answering questions but that's something I can't help you with :)

Let's not stop there. Information once organized and processed may lead to actual knowledge. Armed with knowledge and good judgment you might obtain wisdom and insight, and only then do you stand a chance of making an appropriate decision. That's a tall order in itself, but becomes much harder when there multiple forces attempting to mislead you every step of the way.

I agree that the so-called "War on Drugs" is an abject failure, and if I were king for a day, it would end today.

What I find comical is the FBI action is against a world wide web forum, a website freely available for anyone on the planet to opine and pontificate as they see fit. It is probable that the majority of commenters don't even live in the US or are subject to US law. Its probably a bunch of kids who have nothing better to do but troll the FBI and the funny thing is, The FBI fell for it.

And authority. Who is going to take seriously the idea that backdoored encryption will be be properly safeguarded by the government when just in the past week they just turned over 4 million federal personnel records and an army website over to "hackers"?

One would have to be abysmally stupid to take information security advice from anyone with their track record. The next time you hear a government official claiming that making our systems less secure is a good idea the correct response is open ridicule and a slow, patronizing shake of the head.

It was the following line that caught my interest:

What is the need for secrecy? If this is a good deal then doing out in the open is clearly the way to go. That they are attempting to bury it suggests that this a crappy deal for all but a select few.

OK, I stand corrected. I guess you can :)

Holy crap, I'm surprised anyone put up with as much as you did for as long as you did. That's really above and beyond what anyone should have to deal with. Have you considered looking into an open source OS like Linux Mint or Ubuntu? You can install it side by side with Windows or run it in a virtual machine without negatively affecting your existing Windows installation. That will give you the control over your media collection that you really need. You have more than paid dearly for those files, you should be able to use them the way you want.

It's not that far-fetched. Cryptography was on the U.S. Munitions List as an Auxiliary Military Equipment up until 1992 or so. There are still restrictions of the export of encryption technology.

Of course he knows. He knows better than most people do. When he talks of breaking encryption, he's talking about weakening your encryption, not his. He's going continue to use the most robust tools at his disposal to protect his privacy. But he's the good guy, at least in his mind. You, he's not so sure about.

In the end it doesn't matter what he wants. It's a foolish request that can't be implemented. The tools to communicate securely over unsecure channels are freely available to everyone at no cost. More importantly, we have the math. You can't outlaw math.

In the current environment, the more money you have the more access you have to influence political discussion. Money has quite effectively replaced speech. If you eliminate the role of large money "contributions" from politics, representatives will have to act in the best interest of all their constituents, not just the wealthiest, to get reelected. It's a start, anyway.

Actually, it's classic doublespeak, designed to shut down any debate or dissension. To oppose The USA Freedom act is to publicly come out against the USA and Freedom. Just like opposition to the PATRIOT act branded you an unpatriotic apple-pie-hating flag-burning radical.

It also speaks volumes about how brazen our so-called representatives have become. They don't even try hide it - It's right there in your face, and if you don't like it, too bad. There's nothing you can do about it.

I would think you'd tone it down a bit at least while there is another prominent story on the front page about professional internet trolling. It would be less transparent and maybe you could dupe a few more people that way. Not that I'm one to criticize.You have a job to do, probably one you hate and don't care if it's done well or not. Still, trolling is a art, and if you're going to do it, why not do it well?

Let's talk about the people who should not be targetted by military intelligence - the American people. That's the problem right there.