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by alfiejohn_ 4517 days ago
> Parallel construction does NOT allow law enforcement to

I think we're beyond this point now. There is no "what we are allowed to do" vs "what we are not allowed to do". From what we have seen in the past few months, it's now a matter of "do what we want to do" and if we can't do it then we'll interpret the law.

> (a) Introduce evidence that is the product of NSA surveillance

> (b) Literally manufacture probable cause to effect a search to generate introducible evidence

There is probably even a team at the NSA whose sole purpose is parallel construction!

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>There is probably even a team at the NSA whose sole purpose is parallel construction!

There is, this was covered in the initial release regarding Parallel construction.

It's always interesting to me that while American tech companies are getting grilled and attempting to out PR each other with the recent releases of more detailed (three year old) reporting information, things like parallel construction and the fact that Israeli intelligence agencies have direct access to raw / un-minimized domestic wiretapping data straight off the Narus devices that capture it