flynn23 wrote:
In short, why is the government doing this? What do they have to gain from this?

Rhetorical, I know, but because they can. Their lawyers think its in their interest to seek the broadest possible authority they can seek and apply it as broadly as they can. This fits with the overall administration policies post 9-11 - maximize the executive. Someone realized it was possible to do this, and so they started doing it. Occasionally they bust a pedophile, so its arguably effective.

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