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Old Jun 12, 2009 | 11:12 pm
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Originally Posted by Deeg
Not in that situation, no.

What are the police supposed to say when the pilot asks why he's being searched? "Oh, sorry, sir. Your neighbor John happens to be a police informant and he said you'd have drugs on board."
Ummm... why not just say "We cannot tell you," "We made an error," or "You don't have a right to know who accused you of a crime, or to know if we know the identity of the accuser." Vanity? Pride? Fear of liability?

Aren't we, as law abiding citizens, supposed to be able to trust law enforcement officers?
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