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Re:Widespread FBI abuse of foreign spy law sets off "alarm b... by Der_Einzige on Monday December 18, 2023 @12:41AM (#38679587)
No republican will ever go against the spooks except if they are personally targeted by them (Trump). Even then, Trump wants a fanatically loyal group of spooks to act as his secret police. He's only temporarily against them.

Your only options to vote for if you dislike mass surveillance are hard left progressives (Bernie Sanders, Ron Wyden) or libertarians (though the ones who run with the republicans are unreliable on this issue).

Re:Widespread FBI abuse of foreign spy law sets off "alarm b... by dukeofdoom on Monday December 18, 2023 @01:00AM (#38679676)
FBI is currently involved in the government effort trying to jail him for hundreds of years. Trump's lawyers can't even get an answer as to which government agencies are involved in his prosecution, so you know, so that they could subpoena to get evidence in his defence. It's not looking like these agencies will let Trump be president again, one way or another. Trump threatened to pull out of Nato, and pissed off a lot of people. This week legislators passed a law banning a president from being able to do that.
Re:Widespread FBI abuse of foreign spy law sets off "alarm b... by CommitSyn on Monday December 18, 2023 @01:15AM (#38679755)
Where did you hear this? Is discovery in his case different from discovery in any other legal case (prosecution is required to share all information they are preparing their case with, so that the defense can prepare a defense.

Or did he/one of his loyalists just /say/ that? I'm genuinely curious because I thought all legal defenses were allowed to read the discovery.

Re:Widespread FBI abuse of foreign spy law sets off "alarm b... by dukeofdoom on Monday December 18, 2023 @01:22AM (#38679777)
There's a guy on youtube called Robert Gouveia that is covering the trials in detail. Not sure if this was the video, or another one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzF6xyuvtOg

Re:Widespread FBI abuse of foreign spy law sets off "alarm b... by Der_Einzige on Monday December 18, 2023 @01:13AM (#38679746)
Good. Trump deserves it for what he's done.

If your implication is that Trump is somehow truly against the spooks, just remember how eager he was to deploy federal marshals to cities like Portland and Seattle to round up protestors. Look to his past comments about the spooks. Before he was on their shit-list, he would make comments like this: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-insists-...

Re:Widespread FBI abuse of foreign spy law sets off "alarm b... by brandensilva on Monday December 18, 2023 @04:24AM (#38680619)
On top of that with the leaked classified documents that Trump exposed that compromised the agents in the first place it is probably a good reason to keep tabs on him to make sure he isn't working with a foreign agent. He should receive all the same treatment as any other citizen of course but let's not pretend Trump is an angel. He's gotten himself into a lot of shit.
Re:Widespread FBI abuse of foreign spy law sets off "alarm b... by dukeofdoom on Monday December 18, 2023 @11:28PM (#38691813)
I think where you are off track is that you don't realize that the Floyd protests were headed by people working directly with the spooks, just like the J6 protests. Perhaps why spooks get involved, to derail these things.

I don't know if either of the protests accomplished anything, as populist causes.

It's still a 50/50 what Floyd actually died from, since there were multiple contributing medical factors. Billions in economic damages from the looting/shut downs during the protests in these cities, something like 20+ were killed during the riots. The police are still funded.

Despite his rhetoric, in hindsight, Trump was politically savvy enough not to take the bait and send in the army to restore order. Which Miley was Chomping at the Bit to refuse. Trump would be in a prison cell today at best.

The J6 protest, turned into riot and delegitimized Trumps legitimate claims of election irregularities. No meaningful signature check has been done to this day.

Trump is currently beating Biden in polls, so he might be back.

Re:Widespread FBI abuse of foreign spy law sets off "alarm b... by logicchains on Monday December 18, 2023 @01:12AM (#38679743)
Or vote for RFK junior, who wants to disband the spy agencies because he believes (rightly or wrongly) that they assassinated his father and uncle.
Re:Widespread FBI abuse of foreign spy law sets off "alarm b... by insickness on Monday December 18, 2023 @05:27AM (#38680918)
The Democrats have been cozying up with the "deep state" more than Republicans in the last decade. Look at the origin of the Russiagate hoax and all that followed.
Re:Widespread FBI abuse of foreign spy law sets off "alarm b... by Der_Einzige on Monday December 18, 2023 @03:29PM (#38687743)
Wasn't a hoax, opinion discarded into the trash where it belongs.