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2014-12-21 Government

Report: FBI Mishandles Large Portion of U.S. Evidence

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-12-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 Mistakes in evidence collection pose a serious problem for the Federal Bureau of Investigation since errors can cause judges to toss out cases.

Perhaps that [tossing out] is the goal.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-12-21 03:11|| 2014-12-21 03:11|| Front Page Top

#2 But not so much that they can't lie and get a conviction.

Posted by ed in texas 2014-12-21 08:55|| 2014-12-21 08:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Why go through the messy process of keeping track of evidence when all you have to do is to create a crime to get a conviction?

Posted by badanov 2014-12-21 08:57|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2014-12-21 08:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Heck, if you can plant a virus on Iran's nuclear program computers, you can plant anything on anyone's computer. And you wonder why the NSA has hissy fits because some of the players in the field want real encryption? Why worry about real evidence when you can create your own?

Posted by P2kontheroad 2014-12-21 09:06|| 2014-12-21 09:06|| Front Page Top

#5 Thank you gentlemen. Your tinfoil hats are on the table in the back. Pay no attention to the RFID chip - that was for inventory purposes.

Me, I blame it "pressure to produce," and partly on organizational infrastructure. But mainly on politics.

Posted by Pappy 2014-12-21 11:15|| 2014-12-21 11:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Lost a tinfoil hat on that table in the back once. I think some sailor walked out with it. I always keep my hat with me now.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-12-21 11:24|| 2014-12-21 11:24|| Front Page Top

#7 Concur w/ Pappy; The team does what the coach says, and the 'plays' being sent in from the WH are what they are.....

Posted by USN, Ret. 2014-12-21 11:26|| 2014-12-21 11:26|| Front Page Top

#8 Ditto at #7. You can count arrests or you can count convictions. If the perp is actually convicted and imprisoned, it could be a very long time until the fellow can be counting again. A definite statistical downside. Convictions and long imprisonments also have a detrimental effort on source reporting, which gets back to Pappy's comment on "pressure to produce."

Just saying.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-12-21 11:52|| 2014-12-21 11:52|| Front Page Top

#9 Never understood why the right is so pro-cop. The police are nothing more than the armed accounts receivable department of that big government you claim to hate.

Know why police have MAXIMUM allowable IQs for hiring? Smart people tend to think for themselves, and the powers that be want cops who just do what they're told.

Posted by Iblis 2014-12-21 14:40|| 2014-12-21 14:40|| Front Page Top

#10 It's funny how leftists claim to despise the police up until they get into power, then suddenly the tune changes and we all need to obey the people's police and report our neighbors for hoarding food or disagreeing with the leader.

Posted by Big Jiper1622 2014-12-21 14:56|| 2014-12-21 14:56|| Front Page Top

#11 Know why police have MAXIMUM allowable IQs for hiring? Smart people tend to think for themselves, and the powers that be want cops who just do what they're told.

Ever do police work, Iblis? It's 99% routine, and boring as hell. Even investigative work. After a while, "smart people" tend to get bored or distracted doing the job. That tends to lead to mistakes or get people in addition to the "smart people" hurt or killed. But I'll bet you already knew that.

We've got super-smart people in the Executive branch of government, in State, in DoJ. Harvard graduates, even.

Think that things are better?

Posted by Pappy 2014-12-21 15:33|| 2014-12-21 15:33|| Front Page Top

#12 Hey, Pappy. Ever read Ordinary Men?

Posted by Iblis 2014-12-21 16:18|| 2014-12-21 16:18|| Front Page Top

#13 Iblis - I take exception as well. Most Police are not State Apparatchiks. They want to protect and serve, and have a civil society of laws they and their families can live in

Posted by Frank G 2014-12-21 16:47|| 2014-12-21 16:47|| Front Page Top

#14 Hey, Pappy. Ever read Ordinary Men?

Yes. It was required reading at a point in my military career. Are you stating that that's the norm?

Posted by Pappy 2014-12-21 18:54|| 2014-12-21 18:54|| Front Page Top

#15 Raw IQ isn't the right question anyway. Is the person a sheepdog, does he/she have good situational awareness and a terrifying memory for details, both physical and interactional? Can he/she remember all the laws, and apply that knowledge intelligently. And is she capable of handling a physical situation when needed?

Posted by trailing wife 2014-12-21 20:21|| 2014-12-21 20:21|| Front Page Top

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