The FBI investigation that toppled the director of the CIA, David H. Petraeus, and now threatens to tarnish the reputation of the top American commander in Afghanistan underscores a danger that civil libertarians have long warned about: that in policing the Web for crime, espionage and sabotage, government investigators will unavoidably invade the private lives of Americans. What began as a private, and far from momentous, conflict between two women has had incalculable public costs.
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