In the suit, Ms. Kelley and her husband, Dr. Scott Kelley, allege that they never gave the FBI permission to look through their email accounts, except to check the Internet Protocol address of one email that mentioned Ms. Kelley and prominent Defense officials.

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An apolitical currency like bitcoin is simply a network protocol, like email or telephone, so it is unable to express a morality.

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You don't email, call or use some other protocol.

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For example, Apple delivers email to iPhone and iPad users who use Exchange by way of a license for ActiveSync, a Microsoft protocol.

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