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Re:Jamming XKeyScore by nknighthb on Sunday July 06, 2014 @04:32AM (#7994065)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/part-I/chapter-73

This is the federal obstruction of justice statute, could you point out the part that applies to jamming the illegal collection of inadmissible evidence by an agency that enforces no laws or regulations and conducts no criminal or administrative investigations or proceedings?

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Re:Jamming XKeyScore by deciplex on Monday July 07, 2014 @12:36AM (#7997095)
You're absolutely right. The government, NSA, et al, would definitely not take anyone to court over this. That's the wrong tool for this job.
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Re:Jamming XKeyScore by almondsays on Sunday July 06, 2014 @05:07AM (#7994110)
No, I'm not a lawyer and/or qualified to do that. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't care to find out by attempting it.
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Re:Jamming XKeyScore by x1798DE on Sunday July 06, 2014 @02:34PM (#7995239)
This is an unintentionally perfect demonstration of the concept of chilling effects. Someone should take a screenshot of this and put it into a textbook.

Wikipedia link on chilling effects: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect

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Re:Jamming XKeyScore by alttab on Sunday July 06, 2014 @09:59PM (#7996623)
The fear of getting caught shouldn't be the only reason you don't do something. Either it's important enough to do, or there's multiple reasons doing something isn't a good idea.
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