Yikes.

Good god.

Retaliation: I just Googled the most perverse phrase that I could think of in 2 seconds

We should all do that. Frequently.

I smell BS

The story has been updated mentioning that searches conducted at work had something to do with it.

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How did they know it was the Google searches that triggered this?

1) Maybe the searches at work were monitored.

Huh. For some reason I thought that all Google traffic is encrypted these days. That does not seem to be the case.

encrypted.google.com is your friend

2) Never, never talk to a Federal Agent without an attorney present.

It's always tempting to believe you can just clear up this little misunderstanding.

[quotes] "The piece I wrote was the story as we knew it with the information we were told. None of it was fabricated. If you know me, you know I would never do that." -- why is she having to defend herself?

Guns in waistbands and the clipboard made me think it's gang bangers from the cable company.

Tanarian: Because people don't believe that the FBI would conduct even a minor investigation of people based solely on their Google searches.

Sounds like somebody/bodies got out the red-hot coals and iron pinchers at her.

Tanarian: Well, that, I can easily believe.