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Why? Parallel construction proves that law enforcement does not.
by givinguflac 10y ago
Why? Parallel construction proves that law enforcement does not.
- cptskippy 10y agoDoes not what?
- hendersoon 10y agoThey don't separate national security from law enforcement. They _say_ they do, but they don't. Parallel construction is when an intelligence agency tips off law enforcement about some nefarious actor (like say, Ross Ulbricht) and then LE has to construct a plausible scenario where their hard-boiled detectives tracked down the bad guy through traditional police work, not through spying on American citizens. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/08/05/the-nsa-is-giving-your-phone-records-to-the-dea-and-the-dea-is-covering-it-up/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/08/05...