Not again...
This endless telegraphing; "We're gonna [semi-specific revelation] real soon now!" is theatrical at best and conspiratorial at worst. The proper method is to lead with the "bombshell revelation", putting the adversary on the defensive immediately.
Release, or release not; there is no "soon".
-- Yoda
An effective info campaign drops the real dirt immediately and publicly before the target can:
- Attack sources/leakers, including silencing them permanently.
- Compile deflections, "justifications" or other mitigating stories.
Throwing away the element of surprise is rarely a good tactic, and all these 'advance tip-offs' do it.
The fact that they're even admitting they're "interested in" :
- conducting mass surveillance of social media platforms that prohibit automated data collection
- while maintaining the authorities and legal guides that we’re bound by
...is the tip-off that they're already doing it, and have been for a long time.
My; your masterful debating technique and attention to detail are truly uplifting.
I'm forced to concede; you could exchange 'blockchain tokens' by carrier pigeon (per other commenter) or schlep USB-sticks between back-alleys in your "15-minute community". Except it doesn't scale, and if it doesn't scale, it doesn't work.
In light of the "disappearing whistleblower", things are about to get interesting...
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OK; "Representative Fine", just pop your US Passport in that shredder, and kiss your US citizenship goodbye. After your 5-year sentence is up*, you'll be shipped straight to your real home, Isn'tReal.
* ...for violating 22 USC §611, unregistered agents of foreign governments.
It's still there..., 2023.04.26 09:27:47 CDT
The literal embodiment of an Unregistered Agent of a Foreign Government.
“Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.” — Joseph Goebbels
It ain't just "FBI".
"MAGA-Red!!!" Texas routinely publishes 'Ten most wanted lists' charts full of Mexicans they identify as "White Males". After recent uproars they now have partially back-pedaled and call them White (Hispanic)...Example
Archive here...