Parallel construction is mainly used in the context of intelligence sharing. The CIA and NSA don't give two flying fucks about the 4th Amendment, but the FBI ne

Parallel construction is mainly used in the context of intelligence sharing. The CIA and NSA don't give two flying fucks about the 4th Amendment, but the FBI needs criminal convictions that will stick in US courts, so they at least have to pay lip service to it. Conversely the CIA/NSA really want their methods to remain secret, but the FBI has to disclose their reasoning as part of prosecution. Traditionally, the CIA and FBI didn't talk to each other at all[0], until 9/11 happened and Congress forced them to, so parallel construction is how they avoid stepping on each other's toes. That being said, that's all moot, because the article says the guy self-reported[1]: > The man in the Jeep had reported the first fire that occurred on May 3, claiming to be a wildland firefighter who tried to put it out, authorities said. Investigators said they observed, however, a stark contrast in his reaction to the Salt Fire; he didn't attempt to report or extinguish it, even though he claimed in an interview that it was visible from his house. And to add to the stupidity, his girlfriend voluntarily provided shoeprints to compare: > Less than a mile from where the Salt Fire started, an agent from the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Office of Justice Services conducted a traffic stop of the suspected Jeep, with a man and his girlfriend inside. > The Jeep’s tire tread patterns closely matched those near the fires, authorities said. A shoe print of the woman's Vans also matched the previously found impression, and the woman voluntarily gave her shoes to the FBI, it said. More powerful than forensics or spyware is the fact that criminals suffer from profound stupidity. I mean, the reason why people say "crime doesn't pay" is because, in most cases, it literally doesn't. Crime is not an economically productive activity on net, but even for individuals, they rarely profit from it. The way you actually profit from crime is to make other people do the crime for you, so they get caught, like some kind of MLM pyramid scheme that eventually becomes the new state if left unchecked. [0] Yes, the GTA5 subplot about the IAA breaking into the FIB to extract a man that was already arrested so they can go Jack Bauer on him is only slightly an exaggeration of actual US executive branch politics [1] In Among Us, if you kill someone as the Impostor, you can accidentally click the Report button to report your own kill. This happens more often than you think.