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> Ultimately Congress should have written the law more carefully

Insane framing of “we know the spirit of the law but we are going to do everything we can to skirt it”.

>The FBI’s job is only to investigate to the maximum extent of the law

Wrong, according to the FBI itself:

“The mission of the FBI is to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution of the United States.”

https://www.fbi.gov/about/faqs/what-is-the-mission-of-the-fb...

Pray tell, how does warrantless spying on citizens help to uphold the 4th amendment?



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