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Re:The CIA Campaign to Steal Apple's Secrets by happyscrappy on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @04:13PM (#9180297)
> well before the Boston Bombing, and nobody caught the Tsarnaevs.

They were on the radar but you really can't arrest someone until they do something.

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Re:The CIA Campaign to Steal Apple's Secrets by leesalminen on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @04:23PM (#9180366)
That's not true in America anymore. The USG can detain anyone, for any period of time, for any reason without rights "because terrorism".

https://www.aclu.org/blog/tag/ndaa

Edit:: link for more info

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Re:The CIA Campaign to Steal Apple's Secrets by happyscrappy on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @04:37PM (#9180452)
Did you read your own link? That would not have applied to the Tsarnaevs.
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Re:The CIA Campaign to Steal Apple's Secrets by leesalminen on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @05:11PM (#9180639)
Why would it not have applied to the Tsarnaevs?

I did read that link, along with many other linked pages from the original link.

See here: https://www.aclu.org/national-security/president-obama-signs...

And here: http://www.salon.com/2011/12/16/three_myths_about_the_detent...

There does seem to be a lot of debate on this topic regarding the wording of the bill and how it applies to US citizens. However, to me, the wording seems very vague and open to interpretation. Which was likely on purpose.

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