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a geek named Bob

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8. oh good god...

Reply to awoke_in_2003 (Reply #6)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 11:37 AM

Sep 2012

look guy/gal/other...

the cops can get a warrant to tap phones, under exigent circumstances. That's first semester high school civics...

If the LEA powers that be were so hot and bothered to go after suspicious stuff, my ass should be in leavenworth, just for the number of High Power rocketry toys I've got in the garage.

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to be honest a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #1

It's never "a problem" until it becomes one, which it inevitably will. marmar Sep 2012 #2

I guess I shall just remain blissfully unconcerned... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #3

There are two problems: bemildred Sep 2012 #5

I like it! a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #7

That is the problem... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2012 #6

oh good god... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #8

Judicial overview... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2012 #10

true... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #11

If littlemissmartypants Sep 2012 #4

I seem to remember there was a law that was passed during a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #12

Again, after the Utah facility is operational, it will be worse than this. Socal31 Sep 2012 #9

then overload the system... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #13