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0 pointsinjeolmi_love2y ago0 comments

Why aren’t the people responsible in prison? Surely this is more serious than possession of weed.

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wutwutwat2y ago· 3 in thread

Please see my previous comment. Here's the part to pay attention to:

> The FISA Court that is supposed to provide critical oversight of the U.S. government's vast spying programs has limited ability to do so and it must trust the government to report when it improperly spies on Americans.

The courts are too busy and are leaving it up to the people doing the crimes to police themselves and report their crimes to the courts, on a "trust" based system.

Nobody is watching the watchers, that's why.

injeolmi_loveOP2y ago

The US President is in charge of the executive branch, isn’t he? So why doesn’t he order the justice department to arrest the criminals? There’s enough evidence to get a warrant surely.

ImPostingOnHN2y ago

In the U.S., the president isn't the boss of the justice department. This helps prevent the president from ordering the department to lock up a political opponent.

Congress should be scrutinizing the justice department for failing to do so, but I'm sure most of Congress is okay with it.

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hulitu2y ago

A politician will never arrest himself.

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