FBI says paying cash for coffee is a sign of terrorist intent
 

http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/fbi...for-coffe.html

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So, Every person in the US who cannot get approved for a CC or who chooses not to use one is a suspected terrorist now?

tax dollars hard at work :helpme

You sure got a lot of terrorists in the USA. Thank god FBI is there to save you.

Thats so fucking stupid. While I do use my atm card for lots of things sometimes I have a few bucks in cash and use that instead.

Who comes up with stupid ideas like that?

hahaha,, I better NEVER NEVER visit the USA then .. I never pay with a card.. everything I pay for is in cash , small purchase, big purchase, all cash

The US government hates cash. You can't track cash as well. They want everything electronic.

Always used to be a minimum limit where shops would tell you to go away if you tried paying with anything other than cash because of the processing fees.

The bodegas and shit around my way don't even take plastic... Fuck the FBI :2 cents:

Lol,i dont use card for anything else beside paying bills on internet.

J Edgar's alive and well, looking out for you:winkwink:

I use cards for everything, but I mat rethink that....

It's like that over here. Try paying for a newspaper with a credit or debit card and the shopkeeper will tell you to get lost.

thats crazy

It's kind of interesting to actually read the flyer after following all the links to articles based on other artcles. Kind of like the "telephone game", seeing what the FBI actually sent to internet cafes versus the spin in each article.

So they want to track and know all about you, lol

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czech people love to pay ridiculous low amounts by credit card - everytime that happens in front of me in the supermarket i want to scream at them for holding everything up

and i see the US Gestapo is at work again...

Who the fuck carries cash these days?

During football season we got to local footballs games, and to get in and at the snack bar we need cash. It's always such a pain in the ass.

If you are breathing, you may be a terrorist.

You have been warned.

i agree. most of these sensationalist articles are complete bullshit when you try and find their "source."

Ah so many terrorists and so little FBI :1orglaugh

only if they are wearing a turban and driving a black mercedes

"terroristic"

u-Bob says, that boingboing says, that Cory Doctorow says, that "Icecube sez, 'Earlier this month, a flier was released by the FBI saying that TOR users might be terrorists. It seems that there is another article that was recently published that says that if you see someone paying for a cup of coffee in cash, they too could be a terrorist. I wonder how much longer it'll be before drinking a cup of water at home could be considered suspicious as well.' "

Is that Icecube the rapper turned actor/producer? Well, if he says it, then it must be true. :1orglaugh

Should replace the tip jar at Starbucks with a "terrorist fund" jar.

well i found the original source. a flyer handed out to internet cafes warning that some suspected terrorists will use cash to pay for their internet time.

well, that is true. plenty of terrorist suspects have used internet cafes for their relative anonymity. it has nothing to do with "coffee." the article posted is bullshit.

please use reason and critical thinking in the future. thanks.

the internet is making people stupider. even people who should know better.

don't let facts get in the way of your preconceptions.

err, there MUST be a way to fill the slammers ... for someones profit of coz ... wasnt there a post about prisons and profit? ... and i remember a report where in a county the sheriff, judge and jail owners banked big time by arresting people for just pissing outdoors and such ... you are close to it - HEIL! :(

Paying cash to crackheads for back alley handjobs is still okay right? *crosses fingers*

they must live in opposite land.

Anonymouse.

I would have thought they'd be more concerned with those who pay cash for those anonymous throw-away cell phones. *shrugs*

But then again who am I to question the smarts of the FBI. :helpme

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh what a retarded comment to make.

Start with their employees.

"Suspicious communications using VOIP or communicating through a PC game". So you might be a terrorist if you play WOW?

Well I am fucked then. I bought a cup of coffee a frappachino for the wife and a sandwich at Starbucks this AM and paid cash. I then went on to buy painting supplies at HomeDepot and paid cash because the Network was down so no CC's were being taken.

Jihomedepot!

fuck plastic money. Soon as i get electronic money it becomes paper money. fuck banks, fuck these scamming payment processors, fuck em all. Only time they get to enjoy my money is while I am driving to the ATM to yank it out.

Good idea...

That might work for guys living pay check to pay check, but for the rest of us it's not really going to work out.

what do you mean?

http://publicintelligence.net/fbi-su...orting-flyers/

the only link i was willing to click was 'tattoo shops'

for example,

if you say 'i want my identity to be private', you could be a bad guy

if you pay in cash, or credit card, you could be a bad guy

if you ask, 'how do i conceal my tattoo', you could be a bad guy

so i believe you're trying to say the articles and blogs didn't go far enough?

If you don't get chipped, you are a terrorist and may be detained.

Not to mention it's easier to "print" money, if it's electronic. :)

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glod bless the fbi