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Re:UK mass digital surveillance regime ruled unlawful by dangerlibrary on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @08:32AM (#16265084)
In the case of the Flint water debacle, there were several indictments. It's been a really positive change at the state and local level. It empowers the career experts to say to the political appointees and elected officials: "no, I'm not going to jail over this."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/us/flint-water-crisis-man...

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/flint-water-...

http://michiganradio.org/post/3-years-later-flint-water-cris...

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Re:UK mass digital surveillance regime ruled unlawful by MaxBarraclough on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @08:41AM (#16265154)
> It empowers the career experts to say to the political appointees and elected officials: "no, I'm not going to jail over this."

Surely the point is that You could go to jail for this.

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Re:UK mass digital surveillance regime ruled unlawful by ivanbakel on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @08:45AM (#16265184)
Which is why the experts can use that now very real threat to refuse to carry out certain political commands. You have to have the possibility of going to jail in order to refuse to go to jail.
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