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Originally posted by ProfEmeritus
will you REALLY still say exactly what you think
Although these cases rarely involve national security issues, documents reviewed by Reuters show that law enforcement agents have been directed to conceal how such investigations truly begin - not only from defense lawyers but also sometimes from prosecutors and judges.
The undated documents show that federal agents are trained to "recreate" the investigative trail to effectively cover up where the information originated, a practice that some experts say violates a defendant's Constitutional right to a fair trial. If defendants don't know how an investigation began, they cannot know to ask to review potential sources of exculpatory evidence - information that could reveal entrapment, mistakes or biased witnesses.
"I have never heard of anything like this at all," said Nancy Gertner, a Harvard Law School professor who served as a federal judge from 1994 to 2011. Gertner and other legal experts said the program sounds more troubling than recent disclosures that the National Security Agency has been collecting domestic phone records. The NSA effort is geared toward stopping terrorists; the DEA program targets common criminals, primarily drug dealers.
"It is one thing to create special rules for national security," Gertner said. "Ordinary crime is entirely different. It sounds like they are phonying up investigations."
Baaa haa haaa ha, but seriously, BAAAA hahahaha, hah ha ..... snicker, snort, smile. Really laughing. And this is one of the reasons I love ATS!
Originally posted by SunnyDee
I am aware, and do not post everything I think.
Originally posted by ProfEmeritus
It is pretty well understood by everyone, now, that anything you say, even on an "Anonymous" site, and even with proxy IP's, can be traced back to you. Knowing that, will you REALLY still say exactly what you think..?
I continue to say what I believe. I do understand, though, that my criticism of any administration, does run the risk of harassment by agencies such as the IRS. Now that the IRS even manages "Obamacare", THAT RISK will increase even more.
Originally posted by ProfEmeritus
Knowing that, will you REALLY still say exactly what you think,
I'd like ATS members to be brutally honest in answering this question, and not just bluster.
Voltaire - "To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize."