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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by jonhohle on Saturday May 20, 2023 @11:38AM (#36012806)
On the lower end, if you know doing common activity X (say possession) will get you a punishment as severe as more impactful crime Y (breaking and entering), what difference does it make?

On the upper end, if you have no priors and your career and family will be blown up because you want to do a political favor for someone that results in destroying the public trust, it probably does matter.

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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by vlovich123 on Saturday May 20, 2023 @12:52PM (#36013502)
> On the upper end, if you have no priors and your career and family will be blown up because you want to do a political favor for someone that results in destroying the public trust, it probably does matter

Given how frequently this happens I wouldn’t be so sure. You also have to care about destroying the public trust and this is literally a thread about yet another instance of the FBI destroying public trust. Also, you don’t have to have a corrupt intent to take actions that destroy public trust.

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