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[–] Gorillion 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

It's specifically about spying on a political opponent during an election campaign, even though it seems to have started before he was an official candidate, and that they blocked internal oversight processes to make sure it wasn't to aid the sitting party's ability to outmaneuver their enemy through insider information etc.

It's literally the death of democracy if it isn't aggressively punished. It means any future establishment administration can essentially legally spy on everyone that opposes them and share and act on gathered intel.