Sure. But that doesn't happen very often. Or often enough to make much difference, anyway.
Sometimes the NSA feeds information to the FBI, DEA, etc, etc. Recipients do parallel construction. And then lie to courts about it. Which is perjury. How often does that get revealed?
Have any prosecutions resulted from widely practiced perjury about obfuscated stingray use? That behavior is common knowledge, no?
I think it seriously hurts the ability of the NSA to recruit the best and the brightest people (as if the mass surveillance hadn't already hampered things a little too well) if there is a public perception that they are just like IT support of other three letter agencies, mindlessly doing what they order without any discretion.
I hear people say we can't have universal healthcare because a decently priced tri care is one of the main draws for joining the military and we'd have to pay more to recruit and retain soldiers if we have universal healthcare. What basic rights do we curtail so it will be easier for the NSA to recruit in the future?
"Sometimes the NSA feeds information to the FBI, DEA, etc, etc. Recipients do parallel construction. And then lie to courts about it. Which is perjury. How often does that get revealed?"
Well, first you'd have to have evidence that such a thing happened.
I believe that some evidence has become public. I recall reading about this, and it was based on more than "We know that they must do it". I'll see if I can find some examples. But it won't be today.
Sometimes the NSA feeds information to the FBI, DEA, etc, etc. Recipients do parallel construction. And then lie to courts about it. Which is perjury. How often does that get revealed?
Have any prosecutions resulted from widely practiced perjury about obfuscated stingray use? That behavior is common knowledge, no?