[SquarePants]

I think there’s a fourth amendment issue here - I mean, who authorized this agency to commandeer employees and equipment that are being paid for by a private businessperson, who is unaware that their equipment’s being used in a government scheme?

[saganite]

Does Fast and Furious ring a bell?

[skinkinthegrass]

psst!..you don't understand...everything belongs to pResident O'Bozo..
all the resources/(esp. the) successes are his...but none of the negative/failures.

[marktwain]

About 15 years ago, I was giving a concealed carry class to a number of Border Patrol agents. During one of the breaks, an agent casually mentioned how he and other agents routinely stole license plates from innocent citizens (cars in parking lots) to facilitate their surveillance operations. I was shocked. There was absolutely no concern for the difficulty, time and trouble that the innocent citizen was subjected to.

It was considered routine.