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by geofftrojans 3018 days ago
Has anyone seen an articulate defense of this legislation?

I can clearly understand the opposition, but I am having trouble figuring what is driving the introduction of the bill in the first place. I do not want to fully judge it until I understand what the other side is thinking.

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> what the other side is thinking.

Generally the "other side" is law enforcement. The more power they have, the easier it is for law enforcement to do its job. People inside law enforcement may be less concerned about giving more power to law enforcement, because they can think "Hey, I know I won't abuse this power, so it's ok."

I believe it's because Microsoft case in front of the Supreme Court over emails stored overseas.

http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/united-states-v-m...