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But give an example of Congress ever cutting off an existing program of any size past dog-catcher. I dare you. Somehow it just never happens.

And hey, these guys specialize in law breaking. So making it against the law to do what they do is a joke anyway.

Anyone remember the ex-post-facto removal of liability for the telcos breaking the law in support of this in the first place? I do. Somehow the IC always gets its way -

Does it really matter if it's due to compromat on the lawmakers, or just ignoring them? Rogue is rogue. It's probably both.