On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> It seems to me that John is taking the first steps toward a general
> argument: That police should not be allowed to do undercover work. His
> argument, taken to its logical conclusion, would prevent police from
> infiltrating criminal organizations in meatspace (let's assume, for the
> moment, that we're talking about serious criminal acts against property and
> person, not victimless crimes).
See Japan. They have some interesting features built into their WWII
constitution limiting some police behaviour. Such a view, perhaps to a
less extreme degree, is not without precedence or merit.
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