Far-right "conservative" activists use work phones to plot to overthrow government. They fail, and get caught. Rational solution: investigate, and proceed with

Far-right "conservative" activists use work phones to plot to overthrow government. They fail, and get caught. Rational solution: investigate, and proceed with normal criminal process if appropriate, to deter future such behavior. Far-right "conservative" solution: ban long-term retention of communications data so that future far-right attempts to overthrow the government can't be prosecuted. You really can't make this up.