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defrogYr Endless War On Drugs lede of the day:
Basically, according to Reuters, the DEA gets the NSA to do their spying for them, then pretends it got all the tipoffs and leads for the case all by itself, since using NSA intel would not hold up in court.
Now, I’m sure this might look a little bad at a time when the NSA is getting a little heat for collecting data on EVERYONE, and especially when the DOJ has always insisted that its investigation/surveillance powers under the Patriot Act would never be used for anything but terrorism investigations, except for those times when they use them for DEA-related cases or, well, anything.
But here’s the good news, according to Reuters:
Oh, well, that’s okay then.
FUN FACT: Once, when I was traveling in China with some friends, one of them got pickpocketed. We caught the guy in the act and held him until a cop showed up. The friend who got pickpocketed went to the station to make a statement, and one of the things the police did was make the culprit re-enact the pickpocketing. They took photos of the re-enactment, which they said would be used as evidence at the guy’s trial.
The above story reminded me of that.
I’m just saying.
Justifying the means,
This is dF
Basically, according to Reuters, the DEA gets the NSA to do their spying for them, then pretends it got all the tipoffs and leads for the case all by itself, since using NSA intel would not hold up in court.
Now, I’m sure this might look a little bad at a time when the NSA is getting a little heat for collecting data on EVERYONE, and especially when the DOJ has always insisted that its investigation/surveillance powers under the Patriot Act would never be used for anything but terrorism investigations, except for those times when they use them for DEA-related cases or, well, anything.
But here’s the good news, according to Reuters:
The news organization said it interviewed many current and former DEA agents and officials who defended the practice, saying that it was “decades old” and was used “every day.”
Oh, well, that’s okay then.
FUN FACT: Once, when I was traveling in China with some friends, one of them got pickpocketed. We caught the guy in the act and held him until a cop showed up. The friend who got pickpocketed went to the station to make a statement, and one of the things the police did was make the culprit re-enact the pickpocketing. They took photos of the re-enactment, which they said would be used as evidence at the guy’s trial.
The above story reminded me of that.
I’m just saying.
Justifying the means,
This is dF
