I think he should make an open apology to the FBI.<p>People really have to understand that "the government" isn't after you and that Western society has generally had a really good track record of not abusing their power as compared to most places around the world. The FBI simply doesn't walk into data centers or your homes and try to disrupt things. There are real American people who work in the government and police agencies who do good work. You have to realize that when they do something they shouldn't be doing, they have to answer to the court of law just like you and I with presented evidence.<p>I'm sorry if you disagree with me. But I don't think it's fair to assume corruption on part of the police.
Well, yeah. Did anyone honestly think the FBI intentionally (and perhaps even illegally) took data belonging to Instapaper to.. what? Build profiles on upper middle class Americans' reading habits?<p>I'm definitely not an apologist for the post-9/11 police state, but that's a pretty silly conspiracy theory.
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