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shareme on June 20, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: U.S. Government Wants to Double Prison Sentences f...

Because its easy to track and prosecute...

hacker breakins, difficult to track and prosecute hence FBI pretending to do there jobs by taking the low hanging fruit..

pavel_lishin on June 20, 2011 [–]

Not to mention, it's typically corporations with big pockets pushing for these sorts of investigations.

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