They absolutely could technically. The more important questions are: - Is there a big enough reason to motivate them to do so? - If given a "legitimate" justi

They absolutely could technically. The more important questions are: - Is there a big enough reason to motivate them to do so? - If given a "legitimate" justification, would they? If either of those are "yes" then the question we need to know is: "Is there any appeal, oversight, etc?"