Could AboveTopSecret be One of the Political Extremist Platforms DHS Says it Now Monitors?

There are also some relevant links below speculating about an 'IPatriot Act' and let's not forget the 'Ministry Of Truth' proposed by everyone's favourite wackjob Bill Gates.

So what kinds of things might be contained in such an iPatriot Act? Once again, we don't have to speculate. Various government officials have talked about their wish list for an internet clampdown in recent years.


In March of 2009, Senator Jay Rockefeller opined during a subcommittee hearing that the internet is proving to be such a threat to America’s national security that it would have been better if it had never existed.


In June of 2010, Senator Joe Lieberman stated that he believed the US needed the same ability to shut down the internet as China currently has.


Also in 2010, Microsoft Senior Advisor and Bilderberg attendee Craig Mundie called for the creation of a "World Health Organization for the internet" and suggested creating government-issued licenses to authorize internet usage.


In 2011, Bill Clinton advocated the idea that the US government create an agency for “fact-checking” websites on the internet.


In 2015, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (yes, that NIST) unveiled the "Trusted Identities Group," part of a national strategy for standardizing online identification systems.

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a reply to: DISRAELI

That's a bit odd mate.

ATS is like Extremist Lite. LOL!

There are much more "offensive" sites the US government would probably look at first.

a reply to: carewemust

The majority of us that have been here for any length of time generally came for alien/ancient history/conspiracy threads that used to be what ATS was all about.

There is no true anonymity anyroad in the information age in which we exist, stuff there lists, because the fact of the matter is we have all been on there list since registered at birth.

a reply to: carewemust

I would think not, at least not a priority watch list as ATS strives to be fair and impartial most of the time so the platform or rather site is NOT an extremist site so likely No! but I don't know, I think that ATS has people with strong opinions on all sides of the political spectrum and not only in the US were you are talking about but across much of the English Speaking world and beyond.

It is however a conspiracy site and some regard it as a kind of chat room even though that is not what it is, so likely someone is monitoring the site along with many other conspiracy oriented sites were people express there views.

ATS has also made it clear that they support free speech within reason of course and I personally believe they do a very good job of moderating which let's be fair is NOT the easiest thing to do, imagine the moderators for a moment having to read both threads that they may find interesting and also threads that they really do not but have to anyway, even if the subject is not there pet subject they then have to try to moderate it as fairly as they can which must be tiring and even depressing at times I would imagine.

Also they are very tolerant I mean they have to see comment's and posts by people of all parts of the psychological spectrum between sane and insane (why are you all staring at me I am sane I tell you SANE), good and even some not so good people on occasion.


Also if there are government agency's watching this site they will probably find a high number of patriots that are NOT extremists, a view perhaps that some elections have been dodgy or the usual banter about not liking this or that politician but otherwise they will find little or no extremism on this site, so if they did tick this site off as one of interest that would be laughable, my guess is this site is not on there priority watchlist though you know they probably do watch all conspiracy sites just in case of whistle blowers etc.

a reply to: Chadwickus

I decided to answer your post... I would be more worried
if I weren't on any government watch list.That would be
a warning to me that I'm not doing my job right.

a reply to: DBCowboy

Well,my name really is MAMABETH,that is what my
stepsons calls me!

a reply to: carewemust

Is it likely that AboveTopSecret.com and the discussions herein are being monitored by DHS,and (likely) other agencies within the paranoid, guilt-ridden Joe Biden administration?

Yes and they have been for as long as you and I have been members here , as much as you would like to frame it as such it's not a party political thing it's a government thing , it happened under Trump as it did under Obama and those before him and now under Biden's administration.

Pretty sure you already know this but if you want to blame a guilt-ridden Biden administration that's your choice.

a reply to: carewemust

i would monitor it, because there are extremists using this plattform as propaganda tool.

a reply to: carewemust


ATS is also likely watched for both accidental or intentional publication of classified information.

Also, chatter here might indicate someone's opsec may have been broken.

Both of the above HAVE happened on ATS in the past, and could easily happen again if everyone isn't careful.


During fast moving major events, we are likely monitored as an an independent group that is pretty capable at all sorts of information gathering and analysis.

MSM is also sometimes here for that 3rd reason, and foreign governments (CCP) as well.


This is in addition to any malicious intent some groups (democrats and CCP) have in defending their propaganda and smearing (or worse) anyone who is successful in highlighting their lies.

originally posted by: oloufo
a reply to: carewemust

i would monitor it, because there are extremists using this plattform as propaganda tool.

Welp, there are times when certain parts of this website dig up some interesting information. And there are other parts where posters sound like demented Conservapedia contributors on helium with kazoos.
If the DHS is watching this website then the best of luck to them when it comes to making sense of things.

originally posted by: MiddleInsite
ATS is like Extremist Lite. LOL!

There are much more "offensive" sites the US government would probably look at first.

The definition of "Extremist" has shifted somewhat over the years.

Remember after 9/11 when you could be branded an Islamic extremist for suggesting that the 9/11 attack was a retaliation rather than a first strike, or suggesting that Muslims were upset over US intervention in the middle East. Back then saying anything other than "The hate our freedom" could get you branded an extremist.

Things are less Islam centric these days, but are generally a lot worse. The "center" has shifted further and further to the left, so far in fact that Bill Clinton would be considered right wing by today's standards because of some of his policies and views.

a reply to: AaarghZombies

"Bill Clinton would be considered right wing by today's standards because of some of his policies and views."


clinton would be considered a White Nationalist Extremist by the democrat's current definition.

democrats have been violently protesting many of Clinton's policies all over the country for over a year.

democrats don't appear to realize that they are protesting against themselves though.

a reply to: Nunyabizisit

ATS is also likely watched for both accidental or intentional publication of classified information.

The Mods are on tight with new threads, not as bad as facebook, not as free as telegram. If you get in deep to some long lost threads it tends to slip past the radar a bit more.

originally posted by: DAVID64
Of course we're being monitored.
We are those who dare to have an opinion, rather than follow the herd. We question the official narrative and that seems to disturb them the most.

* waves to DHS * Hi Guys ! You know Orwell's 1984 wasn't a playbook, right ?

It's not extremism that's extremism to this government, it's dissenting views which are being defined as extremism. If you're merely normal, you're extreme to these knobs, for instance, if you don't smile on sexual perversion, as God Almighty even defines it. Irony is that this is merely an example, of many, of THEIR wicked extremism and trying to undermine, not only the Constitutional nation, but thousands of years of aspects of civilization considered normal, for what are Satanic purposes, according to all the word of God: doing evils, in plain sight and in His sight. Or, for instance, freaking rioting, multiple, criminal felony counts, are now peaceful protest? (What's in those stupid pills?)

What I have just expressed, the rebuke of evil, the Godly view, is squarely defined as extremism and terrorism to these evil idiots. Think about it. If you're simply a faithful Christian, obedient of your God, you're not freely worshiping God by your own conscience, anymore, as in guaranteed by the Constitution, you're an enemy of this state, should be on a no-fly list, because it's a Satanic state, bottom line. They're Satanic, but call them Satanic, that's extremism. Obviously, they're in opposition to God. Biden, trying to play some BS Catholic, is laughable, while he operates as an enemy of God. (And he plays the angel of light routine very, very badly, 2 Corinthians 11:14. An idiotic performance, from somebody whose personal moral code is squarely in the gutter.)

There you have it. In any event, I would desire to harm nobody, have been a solid citizen, all my life, pay for things, don't steal, don't riot, don't tell anybody what they must think, myself, and they've declared war on that. It's conservative, Christian ideas and identity they most hate, and they'd have us gone, of course. They've declared war on simply having conservative, Godly opinions. You're on the outs now, if you're not a pervert lover.

Well, monitor all they want. Call me a terrorist over Christ, and I'll call them antichrists. Beyond that, they can just go to hell and the devil, for all I care. God first, and I'd literally be a damned fool, too, to think any different.

Lastly, Orwell? Yes, it is entirely dystopian, and moronic, for anybody claiming to be an adult in America, in the 21st century, that can learn nothing from the history of totalitarian, total evil.

originally posted by: kwakakev
a reply to: Nunyabizisit

ATS is also likely watched for both accidental or intentional publication of classified information.

The Mods are on tight with new threads, not as bad as facebook, not as free as telegram. If you get in deep to some long lost threads it tends to slip past the radar a bit more.

I agree with that.

But mods have no ability to prevent posting of what only the user knew was sensitive information, since mods don't have any psychic abilities to know what might be classified or sensitive .

Not that I'm aware of anyway.

Users with 'knowledge' must both police themselves and keep an eye out for other users accidentally getting too close to something.

Especially when we discover 'activities' currently under way before the general public, or sometimes even before the enemy leadership is aware of an 'activity' on their soil.

I have witnessed both on ATS over the years, and users with 'knowledge' have been pretty diligent about protecting both what they know, AND the fact that they knew it in the first place.

a reply to: carewemust

Try as they might, they keep making troll accounts and get themselves banned. That’s why we say don’t feed the trolls. Alert the post but don’t respond. Civility and Decorum. And other such things.

a reply to: Nunyabizisit

I have seen mods cut threads on active military operations in the past, I get that one. Once the dust settle and the boys are out of harms way?

As for the rest of it, how many with a security clearance really know what is going on? They might get one piece of the puzzle, but with compartmentalization going on, who and what is it really protecting? With the way covid is playing out, ATS has been great with a lot of scientific debate. As for some other topics, trying to stumble through the darkness as best we can I guess?

originally posted by: kwakakev
a reply to: Nunyabizisit

I have seen mods cut threads on active military operations in the past, I get that one. Once the dust settle and the boys are out of harms way?

As for the rest of it, how many with a security clearance really know what is going on? They might get one piece of the puzzle, but with compartmentalization going on, who and what is it really protecting? With the way covid is playing out, ATS has been great with a lot of scientific debate. As for some other topics, trying to stumble through the darkness as best we can I guess?

I've never witnessed a suspected issue here from a user with active security clearance.

The ones I recall were spouses, retirees, workers in unclassified areas of classified operations, and some with amateur or non classified professional knowledge about 'things' that were getting too close to very sensitive information.

Have also witnessed folks from those same groups step forward to quietly warn off other posters whose creative imagination or amateur abilities got them too close to something in reality.

originally posted by: AngryCymraeg
... And there are other parts where posters sound like demented Conservapedia contributors on helium with kazoos. ...

You meant Demopedia, but otherwise...

I LIKE it!