That still sounds horrifyingly abusable which is the exact opposite of "good enough". Criminalizing "lies" sounds like the exact sort of thing that would be us

That still sounds horrifyingly abusable which is the exact opposite of "good enough". Criminalizing "lies" sounds like the exact sort of thing that would be useful to cover up abuses of power. We already saw how "Espionage" was used for undeclared Wars with the Pentagon Papers. Now imagine Cointelpro also being covered or police brutality.