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FBI agents admit to spying on the Burning Man festival
The FBI has admitted to gathering secret intelligence about the annual Burning Man festival since 2010. In response to a request under the 2012 Freedom of Information Act, the security service said its Special Events Management unit has kept files on festival-goers, known as 'burners' - to 'aid in the prevention of terrorist activites and intelligence collection'. But the FBI's 16-page response to the question by Inkoo Kang is heavily redacted...
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They probably do it for any large gathering of people. Hell, at Defcon the Spot The Fed game is all a part of the fun.
Mabbie the burners can turn it around on them... Hunt down all the 45 year old guys in sport jackets and penny loafers and spray paint them dayglow orange so everyone will be able to see them coming a mile away.