Chris Tarbell: FBI Agent Who Took Down Silk Road | Lex Fridman Podcast #340

The main takeaway from Lex interviewing people from CIA/FBI is that there is no such thing as a former CIA/FBI person.

As always, I really appreciate the comments here. I read them and learn from them. I hope to talk to other side, including Ross Ulbricht himself. If I make mistakes, I will improve. In general, I'll talk to everyone, with empathy & compassion. I'll be attacked for this, but I won't give up. Love you all.

a podcast with Ross Ulbrich would be insane!

I wish there was a discussion about the corrupt FBI agents indicted with the Ross Ulbricht case. They got away with a slap on their hands whilst doing pretty horrible things.

Silk Road was awesome, name brand medicine for 1/4th the price, saved my moms life multiple times, no thanks to the criminal organization known as our medical system. There are dark places all over the internet, Silk Road was no better, no worse. It was basically unfiltered, unmonitored, craigslist…

I love how the subject is that Snowden didn't follow the rules when he actually exposed the government for not following the rules.

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A while back, the FBI busted a CP distributer that was using Tor. The defense lawyer requested discovery on how his client was identified, and the FBI dropped all charges. They have a way around Tor and are totally unwilling to let the public know about it.

The story about taking down Silk Road went right from getting the server files from Iceland to having DPR in custody. They skipped like, everything...

Who's here after Ross Ulbricht got pardoned?