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I'm finding more long, well written, and significant comments in this submission than most others on HN. As a bonus, the top post isn't someone saying "Yeah that's great but here is my controversial opinion about this one minor part of your blog post" that derails the discussion. =)

I would say that this falls squarely into the consciousness of this forum. On this forum there is non-stop debate on the NSA surveillance and this, while not part of spying, demonstrates the over-reach of government law enforcement.