[walshemj]

There was a BBC program a couple of years back on secret services MI5/6 and they contrasted how we do it in the UK and The USA.

One example was an IRA arms dealer caught bang to rights actually at the buying point he got off on a tiny technicality - whereas the amount of stuff that the FBI where allowed to do was interesting and slightly disturbing.

It might have been on PBS or BBC America at some point