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Re:Border Search of Electronic Devices – CBP Directive [pdf] by krapp on Saturday January 06, 2018 @08:11PM (#16088476)
Then let's stop talking about finding "terrorists" and call it finding "murderers" or "criminals."

"Terrorist" is a just word governments use to scare their citizens into giving up their civil liberties in exchange for security theater and authoritarianism.

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Re:Border Search of Electronic Devices – CBP Directive [pdf] by andrewflnr on Saturday January 06, 2018 @10:39PM (#16088999)
Agreed. "Mass murderer" would be more to the point, albeit still somewhat subjective. The point is, the conversation should be about effective tactics/policies for saving lives. Disputes over terminology are mostly a distraction from that.
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