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Devil's advocate, here: As long as it's restricted to terrorism investigations I don't care. If it stops bombs from going off go ahead and snoop through Facebook's database, big deal.

If it ever trickles down to DEA or local police then it's a problem. If secret courts and SQL dumps become standard procedure then everything falls apart. If this is considered constitutional I don't know how you're going to tell Officer Shitforbrains he can't look at your phone records and Google search history to find out where you bought that joint.



Are you really playing Devil's Advocate when you argue a position because you actually believe in it?


It's more of a job title.


You being paid to post here?

Wish I could say that I was surprised.


No, geez. I just like to argue.




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