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by edwardunknown 4755 days ago
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.

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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.