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Originally Posted by debaser
I think that when viewed from afar the FBI's actions have more merit. The effect of such operations, especially the several high profile ones recently announced, is to severely hamper the operations of groups and individuals who are legitimate threats by increasing their paranoia and hampering their ability to access funds and materials.
They make us safer, it is just a matter of whether you consider that safety worth the infringement on the rights of the individual in question (still up in the air for me until I get more information).
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Or, conversely, they will be encouraged by the fact that the FBI spent years watching and then framing someone that none of them had ever heard of.
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Knowing how bureaucracies work (to a civilian extent of course) I don't find it difficult to imagine that the folks watching this guy were at a point where they either had to stop watching him or bust him on something. So they busted him. Merry Christmas, America.