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t 01:58 AM 7/25/2000 -0400, John Bronson wrote:
> Just watched this hearing. I just subscribed to this list, so while
> I don't want to piss anyone off, I question what seems to be a
> knee-jerk reaction against Carnivore. In theory, I positively agree
> with the need for such a tool. I want the FBI to be able to check
> out the pedophile next door who's preying on my daughter or the
> terrorist that wants to blow up the office building I work at -
> that's what the FBI is there for.
That is not what the FBI is there for.
That is what your local cop is there for.
The FBI is there to maintain the power of the state and spy on whichever
factions are politically incorrect this time around.
The US got along fine without ANY equivalent of the FBI through most of its
history.
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