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For an excellent review of the nature of policing and wiretaps in particular, watch the TV show The Wire. On HBO now and Amazon Prime. (and I think the best TV
by MCRed 11y ago
For an excellent review of the nature of policing and wiretaps in particular, watch the TV show The Wire. On HBO now and Amazon Prime. (and I think the best TV show ever made.)
It's fictionalized but written by an ex-cop and covers the drug trade in Baltimore.
- dredmorbius 11y agoDavid Simon was a former reporter. His lectures -- look for "the audacity of despair" -- are excellent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRt46W3k-qw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRt46W3k-qw (Long, poor audio, and lot of verbal ticks, but simply amazing.)