President signs pretexting bill into law

Potentially usable for fishing expeditions: Let's say the FBI is suspicious of somebody, but doesn't have enough hard evidence to get a warrant, so an FBI agent poses as the target of the investigation and requests phone records, etc. in hopes of finding something more substantial. The phone records themselves wouldn't be admissable as evidence (since they were fraudulently obtained), but they might lead to something that is.

Of course, J. Edgar Hoover was alleged to use FBI files for political blackmail purposes, but he's long dead and there have been no allegations that the practice has revived.

Just thinking...; Posted by: John L. Ries Posted on: 01/17/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Good question John L. Ries | 01/16/07

Just a guess here voska | 01/17/07

Technically no voska | 01/17/07

Ignorant Buffoons Dr_Zinj | 01/17/07

Pretexting Bill swathingscientist | 01/17/07

What if vs what is voska | 01/17/07

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