They might.
So DEA drug agents are doing drugs and banging prostitutes all provided by the people their investigating is all acceptable because they must maintain their secret agent status. No?
I guess the use of paid informants and electronic surveillance not quite as fun.
Look the war on drugs has been going on about 45 years now, costing tax payers tens of hundred of billions, and drugs literally everywhere. No? This has grown and expanded the size of government dramatically. Mountains of taxes are needed to fuel the WOD. No?
So what exactly are the DEA agents doing in venues like Columbia when their getting high on drugs and banging prostitutes? Government has not done anything to stop drugs or stop people from using drugs in 45+ years. And they never will. They never even put a dent in it.
So WTF is this really all about?
Good question. Apparently, you want to talk about the war on drugs in general. I was commenting on whether undercover law enforcement personnel have to perform illegal acts in order to maintain their cover. You can debate whether undercover work is necessary or effective but it is used. In order to work, law enforcement people will have to act like bad guys once in awhile in order to catch the real bad guys.