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by declan 4379 days ago
Quite right. When was the last time a government official was imprisoned and lost his or her pension for engaging in unconstitutional surveillance?

Sure, a rank-and-file cop stalking an ex-girlfriend by looking up her whereabouts in a law enforcement database may occasionally get disciplined. I'm talking about people with "director" or "section chief" or "attorney general" somewhere in their title.