Quote Originally Posted by slick View Post
If an acquaintance and myself held a series of phone calls threatening the resident or planning an attack on the citizenry, How long would it take for the FBI, NIA or Secret Service [[SS?) to come knocking at my door. Maybe Charlie LeDuff should host this experiment in surveillance. Hey it's research or reporting!
It would probably be a bad idea. On the other hand, they didn't intercept the Tsarnaevs even with warnings from Russia. They also overlooked Fort Hood's Major Hasan. I just read a 10 page NY Times article about how reporters are being harassed when they start asking questions. A couple of these reporters are living outside of the US and afraid of coming home. My guess is that we live in enough of a police state that it would be foolish to take chances just to find out. However, national police organizations are probably more concerned about what is reported than your hypothetical prank.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/magazine/laura-poitras-sno...