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Prosecutors halt vast, likely illegal DEA wiretap operation

Prosecutors say they have dramatically scaled back a vast and legally questionable eavesdropping operation, built by federal drug agents, that once accounted for nearly a fifth of all U.S. Wiretaps. An investigation last year by The Desert Sun in Palm Springs, Calif., and USA TODAY found that the operation almost certainly violated federal wiretapping laws while using millions of secretly intercepted calls and texts to make hundreds of arrests nationwide. Ref. USAToday.

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DEA regularly mines Americans' travel records to seize millions in cash

Federal drug agents regularly mine Americans' travel information to profile people who might be ferrying money for narcotics traffickers - though they almost never use what they learn to make arrests or build criminal cases. Instead, a USA TODAY investigation has found the surveillance network has helped the Drug Enforcement Administration seize a small fortune in cash. Ref. USAToday.

USA Drug Enforcement Administration - DEA History & Civil Business Politics

How is the DEA's latest decision to keep their position that marijuana use, for any reason is illegal and against federal law if some of the states are allowing it?