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rockouthippie · 6th August 2013, 14:54

A secretive U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration unit is funneling information from intelligence intercepts, wiretaps, informants and a massive database of telephone records to authorities across the nation to help them launch criminal investigations of Americans.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...97409R20130805

"It's just like laundering money - you work it backwards to make it clean"

This is very troubling. This is why we have constitutional protections. The potential for abuse is massive. Mainly, that you could easily conceal entrapment.

Constitution rescinded. Just a piece of paper. If there is something that needs to be transparent, it's the activities of domestic law enforcement.

6th August 2013, 14:54	#1
rockouthippie Banned Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 11,019	DEA follows NSA to the dark side with covert spying on Americans A secretive U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration unit is funneling information from intelligence intercepts, wiretaps, informants and a massive database of telephone records to authorities across the nation to help them launch criminal investigations of Americans. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...97409R20130805 "It's just like laundering money - you work it backwards to make it clean" This is very troubling. This is why we have constitutional protections. The potential for abuse is massive. Mainly, that you could easily conceal entrapment. Constitution rescinded. Just a piece of paper. If there is something that needs to be transparent, it's the activities of domestic law enforcement.