AHA! Why privacy is important. I finally got it.

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56. I don't see how "many" could be victimized

this isn't the twentieth century. The "government" cannot victimize me without lots of people knowing about it - coworkers, neighbors, relatives, friends. people from my church, etc.

As for burden of proof, well why not? In the case of any crime, I would want to know 1) where are the victims, and 2) where is the proof?

As for trust, there has to be a certain amount of that in any job. You trust people until you have some evidence that you cannot. You kinda cannot expect the police to wear flashing neon uniforms and be filmed all the time and still be able to sneak up on criminals. It's like saying the public cannot trust Officer Krupke, so he needs to put down a schedule of where he is at all times and what he is doing. Well, wouldn't that be handy information for the criminals to have? He patrols this street at 9 pm and isn't due back until 11, so we have two hours to rob this place.