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Apple's a $2 trillion company. If not even they have enough legal firepower to stand up to the three letter agencies, what possible chance does any other privat

Apple's a $2 trillion company. If not even they have enough legal firepower to stand up to the three letter agencies, what possible chance does any other private citizen have. This should be a wake-up call. It's time to start dismantling massive chunks of the intelligence community. It no longer works for the citizenry that's supposedly their bosses. (If it ever did.) It's become a power blackhole unto itself. Even elected officials, up to POTUS, have found themselves unable to control the unelected and unaccountable fiefdoms that make up the intelligence community.

zepto 5y ago
Most people want the TLAs to be going after child abusers and pedophiles. Good luck using this as your argument for dismantling them.
- whartung 5y ago
  Similarly, many people want the TLAs to be able to go after $2T companies as well.
  - zepto 5y ago
    Do they? What behavior do they want them to go after?
    - 8note 5y ago
      I imagine the IRS for taxes
      - zepto 5y ago
        Very amusing, although these companies pay their taxes. The problem isn’t with them, it’s with the loopholes that let them pay less than people would like. The IRS can’t do anything.