paddymcdougall
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They monitor thousands of forums in an effort to ferret out would be Islamist militants, fellow travelers, and the like. It's how those three men who were en route to Syria to join the Islamic State were captured. This is a forum viewable by anyone in the world with an uncensored internet connection and if someone in the FBI or wherever happens to find something actionable on here I don't really see the problem. The way I see it talking on a forum is essentially the same as talking 'in public' with the one caveat being we use usernames instead of our real names. Monitoring this public fora shouldn't be an excuse for violating or exposing privacy.
I'd agree. This isn't a private communication between two people We post here knowing anyone can see it. It's like writing a letter to the editor.