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Pretty bad. It hasn't ended yet, and it won't for years to come. The bad part is that the agent's notes can be used to convict not only you, but other innocen
by mchannon 8y ago
Pretty bad. It hasn't ended yet, and it won't for years to come.
The bad part is that the agent's notes can be used to convict not only you, but other innocent parties as well. That happened with me- I've never talked to an FBI agent in my life, but after being woken up half-naked with 17+ FBI agents storming the house and pointing M4 assault rifles at her head, trapped in a fenced backyard, my wife did talk to them, no Miranda warning (2011).
Naturally, half the things in the notes were literally impossible for her to have said. The agent himself didn't even memorialize them in a 302 until 2 days after the whole-house search and seizure. That was good enough for the judge to call it consensual and admissible.
For more details, mattchannon dot org.
- qop 8y agoGood God, it's depressing what they're capable of.