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If a single testimony could cause everyone mentioned in it to be subject to intense government scrutiny, then society would stop working because griefers would abuse it.



Ah, you've heard of swatting and the Church commission.

(The secret is that police have a huge "bayesian" filter for who they consider likely to be a criminal, so little or nothing can trigger intense scrutiny for some people whereas blatant criminality by "respectable" people is ignored)




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