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Note that the DEA is probably, in some cases, using information obtained by the NSA and shared with the DEA. See also: parallel construction, https://www.techdi

Note that the DEA is probably, in some cases, using information obtained by the NSA and shared with the DEA. See also: parallel construction, https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140203/11143926078/parallel-construction-revealed-how-dea-is-trained-to-launder-classified-surveillance-info.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140203/11143926078/paral... The war on drugs has wreaked havoc on our country by providing huge incentives for the criminally-minded to act as they do. And yes, I'm referring to all of the criminals involved.

20yrs_no_equity 10y ago
The brilliant thing (For them) about this is they don't need the hassle of parallel construction if they're not building a case-- they can just use the NSA information to steal the money, and then never file charges, and thus never have to justify to a court how they acquired the knowledge that the money would be there. The NSA gets a cut, I'm sure.
- rhizome 10y ago
  The NSA doesn't need the paper-trail of a cut, and at any rate the cut would be small potatoes to them.