Becoming increasingly convinced "removing PII" has a downside: It permits the govt to pretend they're not engaged in domestic wiretapping
@Dymaxion From a legal standpoint though. Bates interpreted relevant law to mean wiretapping only illegal if they know USPs in US.
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@Dymaxion I get your point. Just think there's an OLC memo somewhere that says, "we're allowed to domestic wiretap if we dissociate names" -
@emptywheel Oh, probably.
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