> The chilling effects of this will be all too real. Maybe that's the point. It could also be announced because they plan to use it publicly soon, to "prove"

> The chilling effects of this will be all too real. Maybe that's the point. It could also be announced because they plan to use it publicly soon, to "prove" that some person they want to get for political reasons is the same as some evil terrorist/pedophile/serial killer.