I've read several stories over the years and seen at least one documentary where it's pretty clear they were doing the former. It's generally chalked up as a wi

I've read several stories over the years and seen at least one documentary where it's pretty clear they were doing the former. It's generally chalked up as a win, gets good press / pr - keeps the funds going in that direction, and keeps the average headline reader scared enough to be fine with pariot acts and similar things going. I do not recall any stories of the latter.. perhaps there is one or some - and perhaps things have occurred that saved the X Y or Z and we'll never know - and that's great. However I think it's high time that people paid more attention to the details of these "be afraid / keep sending us budgets" stories and see that many are fabricated just to check off a PR box. 9 out of 10 sex trafficking headline stories are the same, and similar. It's not just the top level of the DOJ - the local law agencies use the same playbook (especially vice squads) for the same reasons. imho.