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Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o... by fleitz on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @01:01PM (#6483693)
Thats the general idea of police work, you start with everyone as a suspect and then use evidence to narrow it down.

It tends to work well from a prosecutorial POV as well because anyone who is accused by that process has little evidence to exclude them.

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Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o... by ctdonath on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @07:36PM (#6486178)
General idea yes, but takes on new implications & scope when operating at NSA levels of universal surveillance exceeding police work by orders of magnitude of orders of magnitude.
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