DEA agent steals woman's identity and photos to lure in suspects on Facebook

This story is outrageous.  I hope the DEA gets punished for this one.

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I can see justification for using fake accounts, and I'm sure they do, but to use the identity of a real account holder (guilty or otherwise), is way beyond acceptabiliy. The law seems to regard themselves as above the law. Terrible.
 

I agree totally Nic and Dermot, it is terrible and they should be punished.

Glad to hear this is being investigated further.

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But what is the betting that the whole thing gets 'buried'...things like this usually do...regardless of the public interest.

I strongly suspect that will happen here Baldrick.
It does however make me wonder how much it has gone on in the past, I cannot imagine it is the first time and if it causes too much of an outcry a can of worms may be opened.

And after all of this time here is the result.
 
$134,000 fine is anything but fine22nd January 2015  By Dave Neal  http://www.theinquirer.net/IMG/426/309426/facebook-mobile-indonesia-270x167.jpg?1421923975THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DoJ) will pay $134,000 to a woman who was the victim of a spoof Facebook page that featured her in varying states of dress.
The fine relates to a case from 2010 when a waitress called Sondra Arquiett was arrested as part of a drugs bust.
The BBC reports that Arquiett complained after she realised that images, including some with her in short shorts, had been posted online by a third party.
She sued the government for its actions and the DoJ set about considering it. The DoJ has admitted what it did, but has not accepted that it acted improperly.
"[a] review is ongoing, but DoJ leadership has already met with law enforcement agencies to make clear the necessity of protecting the privacy and safety of third parties in every aspect of our criminal investigations," said a spokesperson to the BBC.
 
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