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Kapura • today at 3:23 PM • 4 replies • view on HN

They are doing exactly what they are being asked to do. There's nothing rogue about what they are doing. They are following orders.


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Permik • today at 3:49 PM

As history has already shown during the Nuremberg Trials, "Following orders" doesn't absolve the individual responsibility of the people under command.

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cogman10 • today at 3:37 PM

Spying on political enemies and arresting citizens? That's completely outside of their statutory powers.

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kennywinker • today at 3:32 PM

But they aren’t following the constitution or the rule of law, hence rogue.

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rurp • today at 7:00 PM

A core principle of a free democratic society is that everyone has obligations to more than the whims of a wannabe fascist dictator. ICE agents who do things like violently assault peaceful citizens are in the wrong, both morally and legally. The fact that the current president wants to destroy the pillars of our society means there won't be immediate consequences for that kind of behavior, but that doesn't make it any less despicable or immunize them against future consequences.