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by fenwick67 2990 days ago
section 1201 (the annoying part of DMCA saying you can't circumvent copyright protection systems) states in section E...

> This section does not prohibit any lawfully authorized investigative, protective, information security, or intelligence activity of an officer, agent, or employee of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State, or a person acting pursuant to a contract with the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State.

So it would probably go nowhere in court

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/1201