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> potentially illegal ways. Is anyone in jail? Are there any pending legal cases against them?

• slg 6y ago
  Does someone not being in jail somehow prove what they did is legal? Is someone always held individually liable for corporate misdeeds? There have been multiple fines related to this scandal from multiple governments. There have been Congressional hearings on it in the US. There have been numerous lawsuits. I did say "potentially" in that first comment because I can't say definitively that they acted illegally, but there is a lot of smoke here. If people are going to make the accusation that it is a double standard, where is the smoke surrounding Obama's use of data?
  • dominotw 6y ago
    the phrase "potentially illegal" makes no sense to me. I can claim that your comment is "potentially illegal" ..means nothing. > There have been Congressional hearings on it in the US. There have been numerous lawsuits. doesn't mean its illegal. Its just politics to discredit opposition's election victory. This is equivalent to "hillary's emails" which also had lawsuits and congressional hearings. Now no one cares about it. Same with CA, no one will hear about it once democrats win. > where is the smoke surrounding Obama's use of data? There isn't because republicans didn't think it would be politically useful like "hillary's emails".
    • rtx 6y ago
      >potentially illegal Sounds like a dog whistle
    • slg 6y ago
      I like how you pulled out that one piece that is politically motivated without addressing the more apolitical fines or lawsuits. None of that has existed in relation to Obama as far as I'm aware. And it isn't like Republicans would let Obama slide on something if there was any chance to call him out for it.