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I don't actually have much of a problem with this. Lying to a suspect as part of an investigation isn't infringing anyone's civil liberties, unless they lie abo
by dysfunction 12y ago
I don't actually have much of a problem with this. Lying to a suspect as part of an investigation isn't infringing anyone's civil liberties, unless they lie about specific things, such as telling a suspect lies about their rights.
- jonlucc 12y agoIt depends on how certain you are that someone is a suspect. If you just get to go around doing anything to a person because the FBI put him on a list, that's sort of a slippery slope, in my opinion.
- dysfunction 12y agoBut I didn't say they could do anything to a person- I said they could lie to them. It doesn't matter how sure you are that someone is a suspect for something like this, because nobody's rights are being infringed.
- maxlybbert 12y agoI thought it was well known that the police can lie as part of their investigation. Perhaps people thought there was a limit to the lie: they're OK with "your accomplice already spilled the beans and we already know everything" but not OK with "hey I'm a reporter doing an interview." But how do they think the FBI poses as arms dealers, terrorist recruiters, drug dealers, corrupt lobbyists, etc. without lying about it?
- fenomas 12y agoThe contentious issue is that the feds posed as journalists, not that they lied.