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by RetpolineDrama 1353 days ago
>Can't torture someone, well, take them to a friendly place where your buddy can torture them.

That reminds me of the technical equivalent with five eyes, and I've never managed to figure out how that is _not_ treason.

Oh, domestic organization X can't spy on you because of that pesky constitution, but they can "allow" a hostile agency from another country to do all the spying (and vice-versa) then "share" information.

Seems pretty clearcut, our domestic agencies are conspiring with a foreign power to defraud US citizens of their constitutional rights. People should go to jail for that, but somehow it's all considered legal