Federal Employees Could Be Forced To Cough Up Data They Saved by FBI.

[TheMastersNemesis]

Even though a lot of date in our agencies might have been copied privately and stored employees are still vulnerable. They could be ordered to turn it over or be disciplined or fired. Worse yet they could have their residences raided by the FBI or Homeland Security. We are in a time now when anything can happen and it won't be good.

I am worried because not only could employees be threatened with prosecution and jail and firing, they could also be ordered to copy data turn it over and then erase the data from government computers. We are dealing with a very ruthless GOP and Trump taking orders from the likes of the Koch brothers.

[riversedge]

1. At this point, no doubt this could happen.

[Phoenix61]

2. Scientists stick together

and they have been working this since he got elected. Safely stashed out of this country.

[HipChick]

3. yep...can't do shit if it's overseas..

[pnwmom]

4. They could cough up data. But copies would still be on servers in Europe

and Canada, out of reach of US authorities.

[AgadorSparticus]

5. I think data has been copied and hidden for months.

[pnwmom]

6. They were still copying some as of the week before the Inauguration.

It was a huge job.