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Re:Portland protesters say federal officers in unmarked vans... by neonate on Friday July 17, 2020 @04:42PM (#23875293)
The article says which agency it was (CPB), and quotes the CPB as saying that the agents identified themselves as CPB agents. It also says that they weren't individually identifiable, which is an issue, but a different issue.
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Re:Portland protesters say federal officers in unmarked vans... by thephyber on Friday July 17, 2020 @10:31PM (#23878417)
I don't see the CPB supposedly identifying their agency as alleviating the first issue your parent mentioned: habeas corpus. The litmus test is: can a family/friend/attorney reasonably find the arrested/detained person within a few hours?
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Re:Portland protesters say federal officers in unmarked vans... by vanusa on Monday July 20, 2020 @01:36PM (#23900070)
And uotes the CPB as saying that the agents identified themselves as CPB agents.

Not that we have any reason to take CPB for their word on what they say about these events, after the fact.

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