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tiahuratoday at 3:24 PM5 repliesview on HN

Feds send out bulletin to local cops - BOTL suspected drug dealer. Fed’s suspect b/c of suspicious financial transactions.

Seems reasonable and not newsworthy.


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siliconc0wtoday at 3:31 PM

I think the problem is the parallel construction and lack of warrant

iAMkenoughtoday at 3:49 PM

Who gets to review financial transactions (without a search warrant) and determine them as suspicious and actionable? Every time your bank flags a transaction, a police officer shows up at your door?

Seems like there's no way to administer this warrantless surveillance without violating the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

toomuchtodotoday at 3:33 PM

This is unconstitutional (fourth amendment) parallel construction. Combined with a corporate surveillance state panopticon, this is "Show me the man and I'll show you the crime."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction

https://www.nacdl.org/Media/Parallel-Construction-Discover-G...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_me_the_man_and_I_will_giv...

buellerbuellertoday at 3:30 PM

And unconstitutional!