[xzins]

DEA agent told him the investigation of a U.S. citizen began with a tip from an informant. When the prosecutor pressed for more information, he said, a DEA supervisor intervened and revealed that the tip had actually come through the SOD and from an NSA intercept.

This means the NSA is collecting, listening, analyzing, and distributing.

[Uncle Miltie]

SOD the NSA!

[dforest]

Crikes, this stuff needs a stop put to it ASAP. We is outta time I think.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

It is one small step from " fabricating evidence "
to total injustice, and ignoring the " Rule of Law " !!

In this instance, it was drug related ,
what if next time it is politcally motivated ?

[Ransomed]

“As a practical matter, law enforcement agents said they usually don’t worry that SOD’s involvement will be exposed in court. That’s because most drug-trafficking defendants plead guilty before trial and therefore never request to see the evidence against them. If cases did go to trial, current and former agents said, charges were sometimes dropped to avoid the risk of exposing SOD involvement.”

Well that makes complete sense.

Freegards

[VerySadAmerican]

That’s wonderful! Lindsey Graham says it is!

This is worse than the KGB. And supposedly mccain hates the KGB.

Speaking of mccain, Stossel must be being blackmailed. He said last night that mccain said he was happy in the POW camp because he chose to be. (Not exact quote) Yeah, I’ll bet he was, the damn traitor.

[nathanbedford]

No one should be surprised that yet another firewall has been breached. It was inevitable.

So we now have potentially dangerous government snooping combined with other government agencies waging a mindless and ultimately self-defeating drug war.

Which does more damage?

Wrong question because these two practices combined create an especially dangerous synergy.

This cannot end well.

[Jack Hammer]

More lying, dishonest crapola from “the most open administration in history.”

[Lazamataz]

So now you will be prosecuted -- for ordinary, domestic, non-terror crimes -- based on evidence that is too secret to present.

Remind me why we used to cuss out the Soviet Union again?

[Rapscallion]

If this is correct, close NSA and start over. Do it now. Stop the police state!