Prosecutors halt vast, likely illegal DEA wiretap operation
Likely illegal doesn't mean anything. It's the judicial branch that decides whether it is or is not legal. It's not until that point.For some reason there's a lot of leeway for the government to push boundaries in this regard. The running outcome is that if something was not expressly illegal then there's no prosecution but a slap on the wrist. The judicial branch should start taking a much harder line against overreach; they should begin operating the other way: if it's a case of citizen rights and privacy then it's not legal unless it's expressly legal.