> parallel construction should be illegal i agree completely. but, considering roughly 90% of all investigative work (especially involving digital surveillance) ends up making use of parallel construction in one way or another, i doubt this will happen i work with people who use drugs, the literal lowest of the low on the totem pole of society, most of whom are absolutely broke and mentally ill, and i have seen the full resources of my local, county and state law enforcement being used to set up parallel construction cases against them to try and get them to (for example) inform on their drug dealer and so forth meanwhile organized crime groups are allowed to operate in full view, owning businesses and enjoying privileged connections with law enforcement and government (presumably these criminals are "providing intelligence to law enforcement" and so are exempt from the law, despite trafficking underaged prostitutes and murdering innocent people) as someone who knows too much in my own local community, with a bad habit of talking too much about things everyone else keeps quiet about (like how the drug and gang squads turn over confiscated drugs to biker gangs and act as enforcers for organized crime groups in exchange for bribes) i myself have been the target of "parallel construction" style zerzetsung tactics (getting my trash rummaged through, house broken into, electronics/social media fucked with, havana syndrome bullshit, etc) so i have a unique perspective on this if your regular joe citizen knew half the shit that went on in this country, he would go insane with fear and rage. there are two levels to this reality: the image, the illusion, which is false, and the reality, which is darker than most people can imagine.
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