Facebook, NSA, German Police and the Top Secret facility known as the Dagger Complex in Griesheim

The officers, says Bangert, were unimpressed and called him a "smart aleck." They then told Bangert not to post anything about their visit on the web.

The Streisand effect is the phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet.