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1. morphe+Pl[view] [source] 2021-06-06 01:43:23
>>lxm+(OP)
I am confused how reading a news story in a certain window of time could serve as evidence or probable cause or reasonable suspicion of anything. Seems utterly bizarre.
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2. arp242+8n[view] [source] 2021-06-06 02:03:11
>>morphe+Pl
My guess is that they have some sort of photo, screenshot, or video that happens to show that a suspect had this page open on a computer or mobile phone, and that they can reliably date the time of this photo or video.

Depending on details, it may not be an unreasonable request. The question is more one of trust: do we trust the FBI that it's a reasonable request?

This is why all the stuff like the activities the Snowden leaks demonstrated or Trump's idiotic harassment of the press through the DOJ are so harmful far beyond the direct harm they did: they justifiable and seriously erode trust, and then there is a serious case like this and "trust us" no longer carries any value. A sad state of affairs where everyone loses.

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3. morphe+yn[view] [source] 2021-06-06 02:08:06
>>arp242+8n
Still even if they had such a screen shot I don't get how reading a news article about a sex offender would be incrimnating even if you were a sex offender yourself.

That said...https://www.cbsnews.com/news/luka-magnotta-wanted-for-canada...

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