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Yea, they need to feel empathy, that is, that "wow, this could happen to me" before they'll really care about an issue. I get so tired of that "Well, if you're not doing anything wrong, why do you care" attitude.

Law enforcement has a hard job, but I've never seen anything in the Bill of Rights that says it's OK to chip away at our rights, just to make LE's job easier.

"2) The people who show up vote consistently for the person currently in office." That's the "Vote all of the scumbags out. But not our guy. He's good, and does [x] for us!" syndrome.

Most smartphones geotag photos, but you may have to check to verify that the setting are correct, gps on, as well as making sure that geotagging is not disabled by privacy settings. Usually, you can just look at the photo info for a photo and see if it includes a geotag.

Then you'd get people disclosing classified info all over the place and then claiming they're a whistle blower, even if they didn't really have any issues, or have issues with anything and everything.

I'd really prefer that a potential whistle blower with classified info could go to, say, any federal-level judge (The presumption is that a federal judge should be trusted with sensitive info). The problem with the current system is that people who go through the proper channels are often dismissed out of hand, since the people they report to are often part of the problem. They'll also be immediately labeled as troublemakers, and in some cases are criminally charged.

Agreed, but how many people realize that what you say on a 911 call can be used against you?