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I'm opposed as well (I think big piles of personal info are radioactive), but it's worth pointing out that this usage, of finding folks after the fact, should be easy to do in a way that allows proper judicial review, even if the process is expedited. Working from an actual crime makes a lot of things more straightforward vs trying to justify surveillance of someone thought to be a risk, or connected to a risk of some hypothetical future crime.



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