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Re:If You Used TorMail, the FBI Has Your Inbox by res0nat0r on Monday January 27, 2014 @03:13PM (#7132851)
> and act as if they are immune from consequences of abuse (which they are, presently).

As are you and I. You can't be retroactively convicted of a crime if it was not against the law at the time.

Re:If You Used TorMail, the FBI Has Your Inbox by john_b on Monday January 27, 2014 @04:51PM (#7133530)
There is more subtlety in this case. The NSA has interpreted the law in a specific way which justifies their activities. If the Supreme Court later determines that interpretation is invalid, they most definitely can be convicted of a crime. If the Supreme Court instead determines that their interpretation of the law was valid, but that the law itself was unconstitutional, then ex post facto protection would apply.