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Originally Posted by Livia
They don't want more powers so they can read your emails or listen in to your boring phone calls. They barely have enough time and resources to handle all the real intelligence they get and snooping on innocent citizens isn't part of the plan. They want more powers because we live in a very dangerous time and we're fighting a ruthless enemy and if you think that's propaganda, then you really are burying your head in the sand.
Furthermore, I think that referring to the security services as the 'government's pet poodle' is really quite insulting, considering the amount of crap they've stopped in the past and, hopefully, will be able to continue to stop in the future.
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Beautifully well said. As always
