>>>>http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/08/government-knocking-doors-because-google-searches/67864/
>>>
>>>This is pretty dubious journalism.
>>>The picture leads us to believe that the cops in the picture are the ones referred to in the story.
>>>We read down a bit and we find that the picture has nothing to do with the story.
>>>That would flunk this story in any course on journalism.
>>>The report is taking the word of one person ("a professional writer")
>>>I followed the "professional writer" link the story supplied and found some pretty weird stuff, so I'd like to know a little more about this writer before drawing any conclusions.
>>>Did anyone ask the police for ID?
>>>We get a report from the Guardian that someone at the FBI said that it was the Suffolk County police but no one can confirm that.
>>>That's not much of a confirmation.
>>>I have friends and family in both the Nassau and Suffolk PD's.
>>>They're pretty fanatic about personal freedoms and go out of their way to protect them.
>>>I'm taking this one with a pound of salt.
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>>More info at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/02/michele_catalano_home_visit_after_googling_backpacks_and_pressure_cookers/
>
>This story becomes less credible by the nanosecond.
>
>It's easy to brush this kind of nonsense off as harmless publicity-seeking, but there are people like Timothy McVeigh reading this stuff and becoming incited.
>Then one day they blow up a federal building and kill innocent people.

Do you have information that the gist of the story is incorrect? What do your inside sources say?

I have seen no denial from the agencies involved that they visited and interviewed the couple in question, and because they performed certain internet searches.