such as searching the web for info on explosives, or narcotics cookbooks....
does this count as intent to manufacture and would that be illegal?
2006-09-14 15:56:53 · 17 answers · asked by anonymoususer987876 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
DISCLAIMER: I am not going to be making anything illegal, just thinking about possibly doing some research about it... I would like to do an entire research project about the meth lifestyle.
2006-09-14 16:04:40 · update #1
Looking for information is not illegal, however it might draw the attention of the FBI. If you want to find the information you asked about, try Delta Press. They carry books for informational purposes only. They have a good record of keeping their mailing list private.
2006-09-14 16:07:13 · answer #1 · answered by Jack S. Buy more ammo! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not illegal to research anything on the internet. You can research until your heart is content. The only thing that happens when you research items such as bombs or nitroglycerine on the internet is it sends a red hit to the FBI, if you get a certain amount of hits then they track your internet usage for a little while. Once they realize that you are just doing research for your own mind's delight they will stop tracking your activity. It is nothing to worry about. Trust me, as a criminal justice major, I am sure that the FBI probably reads all of my emails by now!
2006-09-14 16:50:30 · answer #2 · answered by Natty137 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No it is not illegal to do research on drugs but you must have proof it is for a project. Like just put all the printouts into a folder and put on the front Research for drugs project. The research for bomb making is a touchy subject as no matter how you try and explain you can be arrested for suspected terrorism. So you are best to research drugs.
2006-09-15 18:54:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Watch the news or 20/20 or nightline or the discovery channel.
Im sure the instructions are clear enough.
15 years before "the evil internet" was teaching kids how to
blow up mailboxes, there were more than 30 books in my
highschool library on building bombs. all had COMPLETE
instructions.
they never did tear down that school library, and it had medical
book with naked pictures. ohhhhh noooooooo.
the govt will make u put restrictions on the net, but not on school?
are they gonna get rid of the art books too?
and the photography books?
we cant let our children learn art........
ohhh.... i forgot..dif subject.
we need to remove the 3 books about making your own fireworks.
and the 3 books about spies that show u poisons.
and the 300 books on physics and chemistry.
anyone ever hear of china's "cultural revolution"?
they wanted to control their people, so they decided to keep
them stupid.... the first thing they did was kill all the teachers,
then the artists and the poets.
England did the same with scotland, made it illigal to read.
the catholics made it a sin for people to read the bible
for themselves. you must trust the preist.
americans made it illigal to teach non-whites to read and write.
Anyone who tries to punish you for having knowlege needs to
be watched carefuly.
2006-09-14 16:21:20 · answer #4 · answered by Ron K 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, I often look to see what types of things are availabe online. I used to work with certain materials years ago and was shocked to find very classified material from 30 years ago now published on the web.
But now if you reaserched it and had some reason to make you a suspect, then that research can be used with other evidence against you
2006-09-14 16:10:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well...since there still seems to be a little freedom of speech left, Im gonna say its probably safe for you to look that stuff up. Careful with the anarchist cookbook though, the FBI keep records on every one who looks at the website or buys the book.
2006-09-14 16:05:19 · answer #6 · answered by Jesus W. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PRE-Patriot act........No, this is freedom of speech.
Now......you are a terrorist.
So if it be the anarchist cookbook or the bible, be aware that these might be looked upon as subversive texts and you may be put in the slammer in eastern europe with no lawyer or trial.
Have a nice day.
2006-09-14 16:06:16 · answer #7 · answered by big-brother 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nah, go right ahead.
Nobody is looking at your IP address. Google, Yahoo, etc., don't keep track of such things. Make sure you add
-FBI
so you don't accidentally end up on their site. They DO track IP addresses.
2006-09-14 16:00:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not illegal to research it, but be warned that you might go on someone's "short list" for investigation. If you are willing to allow someone to snoop around, then I don't see the issue. It isn't against the law.
2006-09-14 16:14:07 · answer #9 · answered by volleyballchick (cowards block) 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No it is illegal to implement such research as in actually making
contraband .
2006-09-14 16:38:34 · answer #10 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋