Unfortunately you are correct - this is just the beginning...
The question a thinking man might ask himself is “Why is DHS - of all agencies - turning their attention to what vehicles are purchased by private american citizens?”
The line of mismatched VIN numbers is a distraction in my humble opinion...
Enforcing emissions regulations is a State jurisdiction. The Feds should have no power at all in such a case.
The line of mismatched VIN numbers is a distraction in my humble opinion...
It therefore took an illegal search to get them, but as I am sure you would agree, it's the impoundment by a Federal agency that is the issue here.
Your new question may prompt yet another observation from your friends with long memories:
This sharing of information between agencies must mean that Jamie Gorelick's "wall of separation" is now seen as no longer -- hmmm, what adjective seems right here? -- useful.