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Lol who is this fucking guy?
Sounds like they need to work on their intelligence organizations. >

If by authorities, they mean police...no.  
People would lose their minds if NSA was working with the police here in the U.S. >

You have way too much faith in people

What does this rule change mean for you? In short, domestic law enforcement officials now have access to huge troves of American communications, obtained without warrants, that they can use to put people in cages. FBI agents don’t need to have any “national security” related reason to plug your name, email address, phone number, or other “selector” into the NSA’s gargantuan data trove. They can simply poke around in your private information in the course of totally routine investigations. And if they find something that suggests, say, involvement in illegal drug activity, they can send that information to local or state police. That means information the NSA collects for purposes of so-called “national security” will be used by police to lock up ordinary Americans for routine crimes. >

That’s not correct, I’m sorry.  They 100% do need to justify it as title 10, if they are using NSA’s tools.  NSA does not and cannot touch title 25 shit.
Yes, FBI uses metadata.  That metadata typically comes from the cellular providers.  Additionally, commercial telemetry data can just be bought from any company that collects it.  And it can be bought by anyone, if they can afford it.
I understand that the realm law enforcement is delving into here feels like something NSA would do.  But it’s not even remotely the same as having NSA use their tools and do their analysis to aid law enforcement. >

You'd think that if someone flees a country after breaking the law, that they'd lay low. You'd think. >

Exactly.    I guess he figured those crimes small enough and long ago enough that they didn't matter, but still, didn't he consider one of his many lies might unravel, and then the whole mess just collapse in on him? >

He knows he can and will get out of this. The GOP will see to it. >

Sorta doubtful, there's enough baggage that will impact 2024 Congressional races that nobody wants him around, at least not after the vote for Speaker today. >

Warning to other liars, crooks and thieves: politics exposes your past. Keep away if this can be a problem for you. >

Which is one of the reasons we are in this mess.
Most people have made mistakes in their past, so despite growing and becoming a better person they cannot enter politics for fear of something they did 20 years ago being exposed to friends, family, and the world.
A sociopath, on the other hand, doesn't really care. They will just call it fake news, make excuses, or totally ignore it. They don't care if a ton of people think they are a piece of shit.
It also opens up our politicians for blackmail from...say.... Putin.
If we were more forgiving and less judgemental as a society we could elect a lot of good, qualified people. >

Lock him up, Brazil! >

Cool.  Extradite his lying ass. >

The U.S. has an extradition treaty with Brazil. But it was not clear that the American authorities would grant any potential extradition request.
To secure his extradition, the Brazilian government would need to show the charges are punishable by more than a year in prison in both countries, said Jacques Semmelman, an extradition specialist and former federal prosecutor.
“In addition, the government of Brazil would have to demonstrate that the statute of limitations for the offense has not expired either under Brazilian law or U.S. law,” Semmelman said. “It remains to be seen if Brazil will be able to make the requisite showings.”NY Daily News >

Big question here is: has anyone proven that Santos is actually a US citizen? Where are his naturalization papers or his birth certificate? It's not like anything at all that he says can trusted. 
And if he's not, that certainly should make either extradition or (ahem) locking him up a good bit easier. >

He is a fraud in two countries? >

Keep in mind that a lot of this will be political grandstanding.  They can try him in absentia and impose whatever penalties they like on him, but as long as he stays out of Brazil, there's really nothing they can do.
The US will only extradite someone if the crime they are charged with would result in a sentence of more than 1 year and the statute of limitations hasn't expired.  And this is true for both countries.  That is a tough hurdle to clear in normal circumstances regarding a check fraud case of $700 from 15 years ago.  Now add to that the fact he's a sitting Congressman and the negative optics just turns everything into pea soup.
He will not be extradited.  He might be expelled from Congress, but the chances of this leading to him being sent back to Brazil are miniscule. >

Santos didn't grok the "hiding" part of "hiding in plain sight."