[HN Gopher] FBI misused surveillance tool on Jan. 6 suspects, BL...
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       FBI misused surveillance tool on Jan. 6 suspects, BLM arrestees and
       others
        
       Author : rootw0rm
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2023-05-19 22:32 UTC (29 minutes ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.washingtonpost.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.washingtonpost.com)
        
       | jbirer wrote:
       | Things like these are always "oh no FBI is overreaching", until a
       | terrorist attack happens, and then everyone goes "why did the FBI
       | not do more? what's the intelligence agency good for".
        
       | kevviiinn wrote:
       | Well I'm definitely not surprised. Give law enforcement any sort
       | of surveillance powers like that and of course they're going to
       | abuse the shit out of it. They literally have zero oversight
       | whatsoever
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       | And they say it has "now been scaled back"
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       | Color me skeptical
        
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