Tasks / Bibliophile
Check out "suspicious" library books in an attempt to be flagged by the the FBI. List specific books.
1 to 100 players
25 points
Level 2
In the zone of: Society For Nihilistic Intent And Disruptive Efforts
Created by Lola Boom Boom
5 completed :: 4 in progress
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How do you know if you are flagged?
is there a list?
Can I be flagged by MI5? That might be easier.
Alternatively, can I be flagged by MI5? That might be interesting.
Or what if you ARE MI5/FBI/CSIS/other?
It doesn't say you have to be flagged, you just have to try.
Maybe extra votes for accomplishing it, though.
Fortunately you don't have to know if you're flagged, because odds are you won't. Gag orders are usually invoked.
I don't know of a website like that one Sean, but there's this page on the MI5 site. The PDF it points to has a funny paragraph about exemptions:
At the end of this leaflet there is a list which outlines the exemptions under Part IV of the Act and the other miscellaneous exemptions that relate to particular categories of personal data where one or more of the provisions under the Data Protection Act do not apply. The main exemptions that are provided cover national security; crime taxation; health, education and social work; regulatory activity; journalism, literature, art; research, history and statistics; information available to the public by or under enactment; disclosures required by law or made in connection with legal proceedings etc; domestic purposes; and powers to make further exemptions by order.
So Art is exempt from the Data Protection Act. Who knew.
Of course, the catch 22 is that if you ASK the FBI if they have a file on you, they START a file on you if you didn't have one already.
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