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Re:FBI releases documents that confirm they proactively spy ... by liber8 on Wednesday October 24, 2012 @03:38PM (#4694654)
I haven't read the "additional sources" you speak of, but if true, your first, fourth and fifth amendment arguments don't hold up.

Edit: jstalin, I stand corrected. Looks like immunity is often forced upon people.

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Re:FBI releases documents that confirm they proactively spy ... by jstalin on Wednesday October 24, 2012 @03:59PM (#4694763)
Not really. You can have immunity forced on you so that the fifth amendment no longer applies. Then they can force you to testify, even against yourself, but they can't use that testimony or anything derived from it against you. The fifth amendment only protects you from being forced to incriminate yourself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kastigar_v._United_States

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Re:FBI releases documents that confirm they proactively spy ... by sounds on Wednesday October 24, 2012 @05:49PM (#4695226)
Has anyone been charged yet in this case? If not, Kastigar v United States does not apply.
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