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Irish_Dem

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8. How did they find the photos?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Mar 17, 2025, 04:34 PM

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Deported Brown University professor had 'sympathetic photos' of Hezbollah leaders on her phone, DOJ says [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 17 OP

So what? Biglinda 52 Mar 17 #1

Came here to say this. AllyCat Mar 17 #5

That would be an excellent argument Owens Mar 17 #19

The rules are different for citizens vs even legal aliens Steven Maurer Mar 18 #32

Price of kidney transplants may go up a bit. GreenWave Mar 17 #2

And shithole has a picture of Putin and.... Lovie777 Mar 17 #3

A Lebanese person had deleted videos of Lebanese political figures. Voltaire2 Mar 17 #4

Seeing as how the DOJ is quickly turning into trump's PR org, Torchlight Mar 17 #6

Turning or has been since 2016 ? republianmushroom Mar 17 #21

What exactly is a "sympathetic photo"? Do they mean the lighting was good? Even if there were photos of some person X... xocetaceans Mar 17 #7

How did they find the photos? Irish_Dem Mar 17 #8

Wonder about this too question everything Mar 17 #10

Did they have the photos before or after she was arrested/detained? Irish_Dem Mar 17 #12

After. She was first detained because she went to the funeral of Hezbolla's leader while in Lebanon. nt SunSeeker Mar 17 #15

Ok, so she was being tracked and followed. Irish_Dem Mar 17 #17

Correct. nt SunSeeker Mar 17 #18

I don't think she was being tracked. LisaL Mar 17 #24

Apparently CBP interrogated her at the airport upon her return from in Lebanon. SunSeeker Mar 17 #14

Usually people don't give someone else their phone unless asked or coerced. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #33

Of course. She was being interrogated. Pretty coercive situation. nt SunSeeker Mar 18 #35

Yes, grabbed, detained, interrogated, deported. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #36

I have read in several places that the people who are detained mgardener Mar 17 #25

Yes this must be what happened. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #34

Thought Crime Charges are coming tonekat Mar 17 #9

Who are the brain police? Initech Mar 17 #16

Lesson: whatever one posts in the ether is not private question everything Mar 17 #11

Pictures are not against the law angrychair Mar 17 #26

Agree. But this regime picks and chooses the parts of the law question everything Mar 17 #27

I don't believe anything this DOJ says, BUT Wiz Imp Mar 17 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author republianmushroom Mar 17 #20

If someone sent me a photo of Trumpsky and I deleted it... Harker Mar 17 #22

You mean she exercised her right to free speech? OH No :/ NotHardly Mar 17 #23

Something feels very fishy about this. How did they get access to her phone? tornado34jh Mar 18 #28

Customs Nasruddin Mar 18 #29

Maybe, but I get the feeling she won't be the last tornado34jh Mar 18 #30

Is there actual evidence swong19104 Mar 18 #31

I don't believe a word that comes out of this administration. hadEnuf Mar 18 #37

What the fuck is a "sympathetic photo?" Martin68 Mar 18 #38

CNN says she admitted she attended Nasrallah's funeral Ace Rothstein Mar 18 #39