PinnedTHE TWITTER COUP Part 1Preliminary Statement Over the past four years, U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni has presided over three cases in which the author was a litigant. (Case 1:18-cv-08653-VEC-SDA, Case 1:20-cv-07269-VEC-OTW, Case 1:21-cv-10627-VEC) In two of the cases, the author was opposed by Adam Sharp. Facts surrounding an alleged relationship between Caproni…Twitter3 min readTwitter3 min read
Dec 22, 2022The Twitter Coup Sources and Additional InformationSources and Additional Information March 20, 2007 — FBI Use of National Security Letters — https://www.c-span.org/video/?197219-1/fbi-national-security-letters March 21, 2007 — The FBI’s Use of National Security Letters and Section 215 Requests for Business Records –https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/2019-12/070321.pdf January 2008 — National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force — https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber/national-cyber-investigative-joint-task-forceTwitter5 min readTwitter5 min read
Dec 22, 2022THE TWITTER COUP Part 5Operational Deployment of FBI–Twitter For more than a decade, FBI leadership was acutely focused on a “Going Dark” public relations campaign. James Comey and Christopher Wray each spoke about it throughout their respective tenures as FBI Director. But it was Valerie Caproni’s disciples in the FBI General Counsel’s office that…Obama3 min readObama3 min read
Dec 22, 2022THE TWITTER COUP Part 4The Marriage of the U.S. Government and Social Media Although Barack Obama does not consider himself a luddite, during a 2022 address at the Stanford Internet Observatory he admitted he has to ask his “daughters how to work basic functions” on his phone. …Obama4 min readObama4 min read
Dec 22, 2022THE TWITTER COUP Part 3Overcoming Legal Hurdles Takes a Village The groundwork was laid by the George W. Bush Administration. In the wake of the national trauma of 9/11, the Patriot Act was passed under the guise of increased security. This unconstitutional statute called for the creation of the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task…Twitter4 min readTwitter4 min read
Dec 22, 2022THE TWITTER COUP Part 2Accusations of Criminal Malfeasance in the FBI General Counsel’s Office On April 14, 2010, the House Judiciary Subcommittee held a hearing on the Inspector General’s “Report on the FBI’s Use of Exigent Letters and Other Informal Requests for Telephone Records”. Committee Chair John Conyers (D-Mich.) issued a harsh rebuke of…FBI2 min readFBI2 min read
Mar 2, 2021How Did I Get Canceled At CPAC’s Uncancel America Event?How did a Trump supporting conservative social media influencer get banned from a conference that by all measures should have embraced my presence? This is a question that remains unanswered. Right around the time Donald Trump first announced his candidacy, I began to notice something. Those in the corporate news…Crowdsource The Truth4 min readCrowdsource The Truth4 min read
