There is a need for someone to wade into the mess on the spot fixing. Not to defend spot fixing, but the power to tap phones without warrant was for purposes of terror investigation.
The cops should have got a warrant once they realized it was not a terrorist attack being planned.
What has essentially happened is that a crime they came across while invading people's privacy - incidentally one in a private organization, not public - led to entrapment and arrest of players.
Letting this go without comment is dangerous, because this essentially means that policiticans can give a list of dissenting voices to "monitor for terrorism or anti-state activities" etc and cops can simply arrest them based on whatever they find - all without warrant. A devastation of civil right to privacy.
No clue how to mess this scene, but something needs done to throw a spanner in this creation of a state where anyone can be monitored without their consent or legal warrant. It can be a HUGE political tool to crush dissent in a country with a rich history of misuse of state machinery to attack dissent or rivals. A huge step back for rights.
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