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dkf

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15. From two current DEA officials:

Reply to ProSense (Reply #14)

Wed Aug 7, 2013, 11:37 PM

Aug 2013

"But two senior DEA officials defended the program, and said trying to "recreate" an investigative trail is not only legal but a technique that is used almost daily.". (As in possibly yesterday or today mind you)

"The two senior DEA officials, who spoke on behalf of the agency but only on condition of anonymity, said the process is kept secret to protect sources and investigative methods. "Parallel construction is a law enforcement technique we use every day," one official said. "It's decades old, a bedrock concept.""

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/05/us-dea-sod-idUSBRE97409R20130805

Maybe you are trying to attack the IRS docs but two senior DEA officials just confirmed this is still in use for the DEA.

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"Parallel construction" is really intelligence laundering [View all] dkf Aug 2013 OP

Wait ProSense Aug 2013 #1

So if any of this happened after 2008, you are against it, right? Warren Stupidity Aug 2013 #2

There is that "if" ProSense Aug 2013 #3

I see once again you cannot answer a simple question. Warren Stupidity Aug 2013 #7

What does it matter when it started? It's still going on!!!!! dkf Aug 2013 #6

The info was pulled in 2007, and you ProSense Aug 2013 #8

SOD is still in use today and is reviewed annually. dkf Aug 2013 #9

"They declined to provide Reuters with a copy of their most recent review." ProSense Aug 2013 #10

Well you seem to think its old news and is no longer going on or something. dkf Aug 2013 #11

I notice that your interlocator has moved on, and didn't answer the question. leveymg Aug 2013 #12

Must be hard to live with all the dissonance. dkf Aug 2013 #13

It's a strain on the psyche to be a True-Believer or a True-Fan----. leveymg Aug 2013 #16

It's a 2005 document pulled in 2007. Pointing to a non-response ProSense Aug 2013 #14

From two current DEA officials: dkf Aug 2013 #15

Thanx for that. Helps if you read the article, instead of just posting for effect. leveymg Aug 2013 #17

You keep posting from the same article ProSense Aug 2013 #19

Whoa are you asserting the entire Federal justice system is informing all defendants when FAA info dkf Aug 2013 #20

LOL! So now you decide to dismiss the point? ProSense Aug 2013 #21

I am not aware of a single case where it has been cited. When the first incidence pops up... dkf Aug 2013 #22

Who doesn't want their intelligence all nice and squeaky clean? n/t Fumesucker Aug 2013 #4

K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2013 #5

K & R GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #18

K&R woo me with science Aug 2013 #23

This is the type of behavior we used to use woo me with science Aug 2013 #24

This is what totalitarian states do. woo me with science Aug 2013 #25

That's the best description of it Recursion Aug 2013 #26

kick woo me with science Aug 2013 #27

This kind of stuff is done on the local level too Lee-Lee Aug 2013 #28

You hit it on the head...A true anonymous tip is a legitimate tool. dkf Aug 2013 #29

knr cui bono Jan 2014 #30