
“DEA officials in a highly secret office called the Special Operations Division are assigned to handle these incoming tips. Tips from the NSA are added to a DEA database that includes ‘intelligence intercepts, wiretaps, informants and a massive database of telephone records.’ Because the SOD’s work is classified, DEA cases that began as NSA leads can’t be seen to have originated from a NSA source. So what does the DEA do? It makes up the story of how the agency really came to the case in a process known as ‘parallel construction.'”
Related posts:
The Invisible Hand Strikes Back
Federal judge says St. Louis police targeted protesters for retaliation
Why the Surveillance State is Dangerous
Sitka Pacific Capital Management Client Letter, May 2013
You Don’t Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows
The Government Is Lying to Us About Cybersecurity
“Currency Wars” heating up again! What it means for you
The Continuing Exodus of Jobs – and Taxable Income – from California
Your Money Isn't Safe In Any U.S. Financial Institution
Justin Raimondo: Police-State ‘Progressivism’
Bill Bonner: Congress Marches Arm In Arm Toward Catastrophe
The Brutality of “Border Security”
Bill Bonner: No Real Recovery Without "Hitting Bottom" First...
End the Wars to Halt the Refugee Crisis
The Police State Programs Not Affected by a Government Shutdown