Chapter 384: (It's a Sin)

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US SUPREME COURT RULES ON COBRIAT v. US DOJ

Originally developed for scientific and historical use, temporal lensing is a critical tool in modern law enforcement. However, this tool has recently come under fire in the case of Miles Cobriat vs the US Department of Justice.

The use of temporal lensing for law enforcement has grown in the past six years from federal agency use to small town law enforcement agencies. The use of temporal lensing has allowed law enforcement to correctly identify people who have committed crimes with a nearly perfect record, bypassing the need for witnesses, and in some cases, as it was in the trial of Miles Cobriat, who had been accussed of a brutal series of rapes that took place in multiple states over a period of ten years, without the need for any evidence beyond temporal lensing recordings.

However, lawyers for Cobriat have long argued that no warrant for temporal imaging was ever issued, nor is there any method for obtaining temporal imaging to preserve the integrity of the imaging. While juries are shown the events as recorded by temporal lensing, there is no paper trial, chain of custody, evidence procedures, or any other legal defenses for the accused.

"If the act of viewing a particle can change the state of the particle, how do we know that the act of observing an event does not alter it in some way that convicts an innocent man? For that matter, how do we know it's actually the event in question that was recorded on the temporal lens and not a computer generated simulation?" argued the lawyers for Mr. Cobriat.

Temporal lensing has been in use by law enforcement agencies for nearly six years, resulting in drop in crime of nearly 14% across the United States.

Today, the Supreme Court ruled on the use of temporal lensing by law enforcement agencies.

In a split decision of 5-4, the use of temporal lensing by law enforcement, without a specific warrant to search the 'temporal premises' as well as the physical premises, was ruled illegal.

This has put a stop to all uses of temporal lensing by US law enforcement, as well as forcing nearly two million court cases to be retried based on 'traditional evidence', which victim advocacy groups claim will put tens of thousands of hardened criminals back on the streets.

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THE HAPPINESS GENE - WILL ACTIVATING IT IMPROVE OUT LIVES?

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RISK OF CRIMINALITY LINKED TO SPECIFIC GENE SEQUENCES ACCORDING TO WHO

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LESS THAN FOUR PERCENT OF INFANTS BORN WORLDWIDE ARE UNALTERED

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WATER PRICES TOP PETROLEUM FOR THE FIRST TIME

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NU-WATER - GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND OK FOR YOU

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DEVELOPED NATIONS MUST PROVIDE COLONY SPACE FOR THREE CITIZENS OF UNDER DEVELOPED NATIONS FOR EVERY COLONIST THE DEVELOPED NATIONS INTEND ON SENDING TO MARS

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LONGEST RUNNING TIME OF PEACE IN RECORDED HUMAN HISTORY - 98 DAYS - BROKEN AS TROOPS ENGAGE WITH TANKS, ARTILLERY, INFANTRY, AND AIR SUPPORT

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"RED TIDE" COLORING WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA VISIBLE FROM SPACE

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MICROTECH "mBEES" SUCCESSFULLY POLLINATE INDIA CORN FIELDS

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AMTREXELL-11 SUPERPLAGUE VICTIMS MOUNT - GLOBAL POPULATION NOW FEARS HOSPITALS

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"BLUE ALGAE" USED TO LOWER OCEAN ACIDITY AND INCREASE OXYGEN PRODUCTION MUTATES

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU?

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SOUTH PACIFIC AND CHINA SEA TRADE ROUTES NO LONGER PATROLLED

PIRACY ON THE RISE

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NIGERIAN CYBER-TERRORISM TASK FORCE ARRESTS 200 IN MIDNIGHT RAID

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"NEURAL MAPPING" ON THE RISE AS EUROPEANS FEAR NEURAL PLASTICITY OVERWRITING

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CHINA RECOVERY ON TRACK AFTER SECOND THREE GORGES DAM COLLAPSE

TOP TEN RECOVERING INDUSTRIES! NUMBER SIX WILL SURPRISE YOU!

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ROLLING BLACKOUTS EFFECT AMERICAN EAST COAST FOR THIRD STRAIGHT WEEK

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RASPUTIN AI ATTACKS TYCHO BASE - HOLDS EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND COLONISTS FOR RANSOM

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WESTERN PACIFIC VOLCANIC ACTIVITY INCREASES FOR THE TENTH STRAIGHT YEAR

YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE HOW BIG THE PACIFIC GARBAGE AND ASH SITE IS!

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US NAVY SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATES THE PACIFIC ASH CLOUD AND TRASH SEA

--WHAT THE US GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW!

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VIETNAMESE CHILD FINDS SURVIVING FROG YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

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TEN YEAR MANNED MISSION TO ALPHA CENTAURI RETURNS

--CRITICS SAY MONEY COULD BE BETTER SPENT AT HOME ENCOURAGE ABANDONMENT OF SPACE EXPLORATION

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ASTRONOMERS CONFIRM THAT DEEP SPACE SIGNAL IS INDEED ARTIFICIAL AND GROWING CLOSER

--REAL ALIENS OR ANOTHER MISTAKENLY IDENTIFIED SATELLITE?

EIGHTEEN TIMES THE UN ASTRONOMY SOCIETY HAS MADE MISTAKES! YOU WON'T BELIEVE #12

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HOME GENE-EDITING KITS THIS SEASON'S HOT GIFT!

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FIFTEENTH BILLION BABY BORN! MORE PEOPLE ARE NOW ALIVE THAN HAVE EVER LIVED!

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WILD ANIMAL ATTACKS ON THE RISE GLOBALLY

IS MOTHER NATURE STRIKING BACK?

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SLATMORE AGRICULTURAL CONCERN BURNS CROPS IN MIDWEST - CLAIM GENE SEQUENCING ERROR

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IS THE RISING NUMBERS OF ALLERGIC REACTIONS DUE TO GMO FOODS? FIND OUT WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT YOUR ALLERGIES AND GMOS!

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LEEBAW CONTEMPLATION POOL

All of that was in a single year?

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

MANTID FREE WORLDS

Try a single day. Just ONE of the major news networks. And just for TerraSol.

That's just the headlines that aren't lost. Most of the historical data for TerraSol was lost in the Great Glassing.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

TNVARU GRIPPING HANDS

How can that be a single year?

And... and... less than a hundred days? Less than 2500 hours of peace?

They can't even go 2,500 hours without fighting?

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

DIGITAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS

That's our parents.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

LEEBAW CONTEMPLATION POOL

That was a Precursor Autonomous War Machine heading toward them, wasn't it?

Is that how they got faster than light travel?

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

BIOLOGICAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS

No. They kicked the shit out of it so bad the only thing the wreckage provided was some metallurgy techniques.

Even then, they had already developed a better version of battlesteel.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

HAMOORDING SAADLIG

wHaT?

---NOTdidHINyuoG FOLLsayOWS-?--

MANTID FREE WORLDS

See if you can boost their gain, Cyb.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

CYBERNETIC ORGANISM CONSENSUS

Will do.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

TELKAN FORGE WORLDS

How did they beat a Precursor machine?

Suicide attacks?

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

MANTID FREE WORLDS

Eleven different nation state's space military forces converged on it as a unified whole and beat it to death with kinetic weapons.

They also weaponized ore delivery systems. The big one, on Luna, was "Harsh Mistress" and it blew holes two miles wide in the Precursor by hitting it with two thousand ton slugs of iron ferrite moving at .34C.

We had a scout that saw that and we immediately backed off.

The Omniqueens weren't sure if the PAWM was chasing us, and what they saw startled them.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

Leading to "The Plan", which worked out wonderfully for the Mantid Omniqueens.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

LEEBAW CONTEMPLATION POOL

OK, I think I understand a little bit better why all of you are so worried.

That's a single day, and we see evidence of unwilling genetic tampering, warfare, unrestrained scientific expansion, and cultural problems that appear to run fairly deep.

My people wonder, at times, why the Terrans do not treat us as primitives beneath their notice.

They aren't that far removed from us, are they? From our little cities? Our curiosity?

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

My little amphibious friend, how old was your oldest city before the Lanaktallan arrived?

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LEEBAW CONTEMPLATION POOL

About twelve thousand years. It was where writing was developed. It was important to us and the Lanaktallan destroyed it.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

Those headlines you read? Not only was your city older, but your city predated such things as the radio, sliced bread, knowledge of DNA, or even widespread electricity.

It is not whether they see you as primitives, but will you make the same mistake as everyone does?

Will you view them as primitives?

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

TNVARU GRIPPING HANDS

Considering they brought back to life the PUBVIAN RACE I don't see how we'd see them as primitive.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

TELKAN FORGE WORLDS

I have a question pertaining to everything.

What's the longest time of peace in Terran Descent Humanity's history?

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RIGELLIAN SAURIAN COMPACT

Ninety-Eight days.

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TELKAN FORGE WORLDS

No, I mean since then.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

PUBVIAN DOMINION

Ninety-eight days.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

TELKAN FORGE WORLDS

Oh.

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RIGELLIAN SAURIAN COMPACT

A Terran in motion tends to stay in motion.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

MANTID FREE WORLDS

P'Thok's First Rule of Humans.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

Is it wrong?

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

MANTID FREE WORLDS

No.

That's what makes it so funny.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

TNVARU GRIPPING HANDS

So you showed it to us to get us to understand exactly what we're going to be seeing?

Do you really think they'll change back to be like they were? It was thousands of years ago.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

LEEBAW CONTEMPLATION POOL

We aren't afraid.

We have learned the lesson of jawnconnor.

We will learn all the Terrans, even the Earthlings, will teach us.

Never again will we allow others to despoil our waters, our world.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

HAKANIAN GESTALT

They showed it to us for another reason.

Look at what is going on.

The Precursor Autonomous War Machine approaches. The Extinction Rebellion is testing their weapons. The Friend Plague is going to hit. The Primate War is only a decade away.

Daxin's mother is alive.

Hell, he might have been born already, records are spotty.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

PUBVIAN DOMINION

The Hamburger Kingdom had developed the method for creating the Immortal Janissary in a Black Box Project that would later force us to submit.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

MANTID FREE WORLDS

We Precursors make long plans, then expect everyone to be shocked and awed by our 'rapid' attacks and operations.

That was a single day's headlines, for a single news outlet. On a single planet. On a single infonet.

Think about that for a moment.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

TNVARU GRIPPING HANDS

Oh. OH. OH! I get it.

Terrans could handle that kind of information load and relegate it to almost background noise while still absorbing the data.

Apply that to warfare.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

And whoever this was that did the temporal attack has no idea what they unleashed.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

RIGELLIAN SAURIAN COMPACT

In order to achieve space flight, every single race so far discovered had melded into one cultural whole, worked in cooperation as a species, and had given up warfare for tens of thousand of years.

Our mystery attacker must have assumed that the Terrans were some kind of slave species of the Mantid and did something stupid.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

TELKAN FORGE WORLD

They assumed that pre-FTL humans would be docile, unable to fight, be before the Mantid 'adjusted' what they see as a slave race.

I have a feeling that in the history of bad ideas, this ranks right up there with the Lanaktallan attacking the Harmonous Cluster.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

MANTID FREE WORLDS

In the history of bad ideas, it'll go down in history as one of the worse.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

DIGITAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS

One again: Our Father is NOT a maniac.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

BIOLOGICAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS

Yeah. Our Father is not a complete blood thirsty lunatic.

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CYBERNETIC ORGANISM COOPERATIVE

You're talking like TerraSol is a rabid animal you have to put down and are just trying to justify it to the family.

---NOTHING FOLLOWS---

MANTID FREE WORLDS

No. No. Digital Omnimessiah, I'm sorry.

No, we're just trying to prepare our newest members.

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AKLTAK FREE FLIGHT

Prepare us for what?

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RIGELLIAN SAURIAN COMPACT

What you're going to see when the cat's let out of the bag, so to speak.

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