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by 2OEH8eoCRo0 58 days ago
I like 702 in theory but I'm not sure I like the FBI having access since they are for domestic policing.

What changes should be made? The probable cause requirement for FBI sounds like a reasonable compromise.

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Thinking you can reform so it only spies on people outside of the US and is not used against the US is something that has never been historically possible. There's this thing called the "Imperial Boomerang" that is pretty consistent in history. British citizens saw it when the intense surveillance state created to keep tabs on Northern Ireland was eventually brought back to be used against Britain itself

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_boomerang