emptywheel

Again, if DOJ has only ever used 702 in 8+2 cases (or has instead adopted secret notice on a wider scale, which is a problem unto itself), then we can simply shut down FBI's access bc it's not all that useful.

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect. I already told you prosecution is not the only goal of intel collection. And now I am really done because you are very confident in your opinions and I don't really care if you believe me or your government. Have a nice night.

Truly. I've written about that too. But thanks for noting that child porn is often (not always) used to recruit informants. It's not that I don't believe you. It's that I do believe what the government puts in court documents, with which your statements conflict. I'm asking why.

Wow, you really do have a twisted view of the government. Recruitment with child porn? Yikes.

That's a bit far afield. Sorry, I have no idea. My guess would be rich guys stick together (political appointees), the guys at the top aren't dumb enough to get their hands dirty, and/or the law didn't actually prohibit their shitty behavior. But your guess is as good as mine.

Your innate trust in a system inhabited by human beings(and all that entails..) is really odd.

It's not innate; it's based on experience. Nothing is perfect, but there are people of good will trying to do good work & they do it in the face of often ill-informed complaints and as the punching bags of the politicos. It's too bad more people can't see the good.