Lack of transparency uniting left and right
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When can the government spy on the text messages you're sending and receiving? Good question. The American Civil Liberties Union asked the government for a clarification of its policy, filing a Freedom of Information request.
This is what the ACLU got back:
Totally Redacted FOIA response
"The documents we received from the FBI don't flat out tell us whether FBI agents always get warrants, but they strongly suggest that they don't," the ACLU says on its website.
Ironically, perhaps, the lack of transparency is suddenly uniting both the left...
... and the right.
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