A few days ago we had a submission here on SN about the FBI's claim on how it located the Silk Road's servers. Some researchers have now opined that the FBI's claim may not be accurate and suggested that they may have achieved their means in less that legal ways. One suggestion includes exploiting known bugs to discover the server's IP address.
If this is true, it would mean the FBI may have participated in potentially unlawful actions to help them close the case.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 10 2014, @03:31AM
The minute they started doing parallel construction they created doubt about their integrity.
But the fact that they have not taken any significant steps to halt the use of parallel construction in the future is the nail in the coffin.
We know they outright lie, they don't have any contrition about outright lying, so going forward everything they do is tainted.
They've completed the transformation from a legitimate police force into just another gang with guns.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by sjames on Wednesday September 10 2014, @03:35AM
They lost all credibility with me when one of their forensic techs testified that at the end of the day, they vote on any ambiguous results.
This shows it's even worse than I thought, but they have been damaging their own credibility for a long time.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by davester666 on Wednesday September 10 2014, @07:55AM
Sure, their credibility with regular people who read about this stuff is shot.
Credibility with judges in court is still intact.