More IRS and DEA Secrets and Cover-ups RevealedLily Dane Reuters reports: On Monday, Reuters reported that the sources of the tips included information from overseas NSA intercepts, domestic wiretaps, a large database of DEA phone records, and informants from other investigations. The Special Operations Division of the DEA uses this information to help them launch criminal investigations of Americans. It is worth noting that the DEA phone database (called DICE) is distinct from the NSA phone database exposed by Edward Snowden. The DEA database consists mainly of phone log and Internet data gathered legally by the DEA through subpoenas, arrests and search warrants. DICE includes about 1 billion records, which are kept for about a year and then purged, according to DEA officials. Mondays Reuters report cited internal government documents that show that law enforcement agents have been trained to hide how such investigations actually begin to recreate the investigative trail to effectively cover up the original source of the information. DEA officials maintain that this practice is legal and has been used regularly since the 1990s, and that the purpose is not to withhold evidence, but to protect its sources. The IRS document includes details on the parallel construction program: The IRS document states that the information is restricted to use in drug-related investigations, but DEA officials said the SOD role was recently expanded and now includes organized crime and money laundering. According to the document, IRS agents are to use the tips to find new, independent evidence: House Intelligence Committee Chairman, Mike Rogers, R-Michigan (who is a former FBI agent), expressed concern over the revelations: Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, said he was troubled that DEA agents have been trying to cover up a program that investigates Americans. National security is one of governments most important functions. So is protecting individual liberty, Paul said. If the Constitution still has any sway, a government that is constantly overreaching on security while completely neglecting liberty is in grave violation of our founding doctrine. The Department of Justice is now investigating the issue and has declined to comment. Lily Dane is a staff writer for The Daily Sheeple, where this first appeared. Her goal is to help people to Wake the Flock Up! 