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		sigmar on Sept 23, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Playpen: The Story of the FBI’s Unprecedented and ... >That's a ridiculous argument. You don't just "hang around" child porn websites without participating. I'm pretty sure his argument was that the site could have had other purposes. >But it's absolutely ridiculous for any sane person to argue that these people should walk free because the FBI overstepped its bounds. That's actually how the legal system does (and should) work. Look up "fruit of the poisonous tree"

nl on Sept 23, 2016 [–]

> I'm pretty sure his argument was that the site could have had other purposes.

But in this case it didn't. Not a single case coming out of it has claimed that it was some kind of mistake, or inadvertent visit or they were there to do something else.

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