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> It sounds like they have a power envy thing going on vis a vis the FBI What makes you say that? I didn't see it in the article, but maybe I missed something.
by forapurpose 8y ago
> It sounds like they have a power envy thing going on vis a vis the FBI
What makes you say that? I didn't see it in the article, but maybe I missed something.
> mostly harmless (insofar as tailing random innocent people could be)
Hmmm ... I hate to start from scratch this very common discussion (i.e., the harm in surveillance). Is there anything new to add?
- roywiggins 8y agoI mean, it's obviously bad for the same reasons dragnet surveillance is always bad. But this particular instance so ham-handed (tailing an executive that went to Turkey one time?) and so manpower intensive it's kind of hard to take seriously. > What makes you say that? I didn't see it in the article, but maybe I missed something. The article mentions that they first got into the business of tracking people through airports and in the sky after the FBI asked them to help on existing investigations, so I wonder if they are just trying to show that they can do investigations on their own like big boys.