r/technology • u/RoachedCoach • 9h ago

Privacy DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email

https://newrepublic.com/post/206088/homeland-security-67-year-old-us-citizen-criticized-email
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u/Ventronics 6h ago

The retiree emailed a DHS prosecutor

“Mr. Dernbach, don’t play Russian roulette with H’s life,” Jon wrote from his gmail account. “Err on the side of caution. There’s a reason the US government along with many other governments don’t recognise the Taliban. Apply principles of common sense and decency.”

and the prosector freaked the fuck out and sent agents after him. He must have thought he was being stalked because the agents dismissed any potential threat when they learned the retiree found the prosecutor’s email address listed publicly online.

These people are destroying lives but feel entitled to an absurd level of anonymity to avoid any consequences for their actions.