Yes, I agree you missed the connection. 

I am referring to the Russian hack as the original crime. Our intelligence agencies would be in the LEO position.
You keep insisting its "ends justify the means" I don't see it that way. The way I see it is evidence of a crime discovered while looking into a different crime. I would agree that it would be an "ends justifies the means" scenario if our our acronyms did the hacking then used that info for a warrant.

How about answering my other questions?