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giraffe_ladyyesterday at 6:50 PM2 repliesview on HN

Probably coulda used an example that isn't itself a fourth amendment violation that essentially requires perjury to accomplish. Also less euphemistically called evidence laundering. Not really a neutral example.


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jimbokunyesterday at 11:24 PM

So are you going to go out and commit a crime because a random person used a crime as an analogy?

bonziniyesterday at 7:20 PM

A more charitable case is that the source cannot be disclosed because it's an undercover agent or informant. What the parent describes is indeed evidence laundering.

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