"This report was compiled and written by Sarah St. Vincent"--Page 67. "January 2018"--Spine. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
Methodology -- I. Background -- II. Parallel construction in action -- III. Defendants' difficulties in discovering and challenging parallel construction -- IV. Impact on human rights -- V. Recommendations -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Annex: Background on US surveillance authorities. "A growing body of evidence suggests US authorities are concealing investigative practices - including practices that may be illegal - by deliberately creating a different story about how agents identified a suspect or came across evidence of wrongdoing. Thanks to this secretive process, known as "parallel construction," people may be imprisoned without ever knowing how the cases against them truly began - or being able to defend their rights in court. ... [This report] - based on reviews of records from 95 court cases, hundreds of pages of government documents, and interviews with defense attorneys as well as current and former US officials - explains how parallel construction works and summarizes the available evidence suggesting the practice is both common and used by a wide range of law enforcement and intelligence agencies. One of the key agencies is the Drug Envofcement Administration's special Operations Division, at least part of which has been nicknamed the "Dark Side."
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