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Re:Snowden a 'traitor': Andreessen by opendais on Thursday June 05, 2014 @03:31PM (#7853794)
Eh?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction

NSA hands it over to the DEA who arrests you based on an investigation based on that information.

They've been doing it and getting away with it so I think your believe that the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree will protect you is false.

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Re:Snowden a 'traitor': Andreessen by dragontamer on Thursday June 05, 2014 @04:36PM (#7854233)
Parallel construction proves my statements.

On the books, legally and in front of a judge, the NSA and DEA are not allowed to work with each other. Parallel Construction is a (probably illegal) technique that DEA agents are using right now to get around the legal authorities.

But it involves DEA agents lying under oath towards judges. IE: I don't think the practice of parallel construction is going to hold up in courts in the long term.

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