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Back in my intel days, we were told by everyone, including the lawyers, that we could only do stuff with Americans if we were positive they were working with a foreign government against the U.S. or were involved in drug trafficking. We had 72 hours to decide. If we were found to give the benefit of the doubt to LE, we were told we would be toast. We had to decide in favor of the enemy if there was any doubt. After the 72 hours we had to destroy everything if not 100 percent sure.

These lawyers came down form the AG. Its name was Reno. An excellent article on these 72 HOUR WINDOWS is: Letting Our Guard Down by KIRK KIDWELL How the United States is losing the espionage war Letting Our Guard Down by KIRK KIDWELL