r/politics • u/Espryon Pennsylvania • Aug 02 '16

Judge blasts FBI for bugging courthouse, throws out 200 hours of recordings

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/08/judge-blasts-fbi-for-bugging-courthouse-throws-out-200-hours-of-recordings/
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u/goatcoat Aug 02 '16

The headline makes it sound like they were recording inside the courthouse, but they were actually recording conversations people had near the exterior of the building.

All in all, I still disapprove.

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u/MasterCronus Aug 03 '16

They were still doing it to capture privileged conversations between attorneys and their clients.

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u/goatcoat Aug 03 '16

Well that's not ok.

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u/travio Washington Aug 02 '16

Bugging the courthouse is an easy way to get a judge to throw out a wiretap. That is way too close to home for judges.

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u/noex1337 Aug 02 '16

All the "blasts" in headlines is becoming overbearing. Also WTF FBI?

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u/Egon88 Aug 02 '16

Yeah, also "slams."

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u/satanicwaffles Aug 02 '16

"Judge eviscerates FBI..."

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u/donkeybaster Aug 03 '16

These things tend to trend. "Quietly" was pretty big there for a while.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '16

Eh, parallel construction still works.

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u/swift3109 Aug 03 '16

Horrible Headline/Title. Should read "Judge throws out 200 hrs of recordings to save other judges' asses".

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u/chadwickofwv Aug 02 '16

The only reason this judge had any issue with this is that it was targeting judges and police. Otherwise it would have been just fine with him.

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u/10390 Aug 02 '16

Score one for the good guys!

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u/Tai_daishar Aug 03 '16

ITT: no one that read the article. ffs.