For example, see US v. Kurbanov… But, what is it?
First, The NSA “taps” the internet backbone and temporarily stores it (all the data) in a massive data center. (Currently located in Utah) then:
- The FBI is allowed to search this massive data center for “selectors” they’re interested in. “Selectors” are e-mail addresses, IP addresses, Phone Numbers or several other identifiers that can differentiate certain data streams from others. (It is not clear if the FBI can ask the NSA to target a specific selector BUT the NSA can target a selector if it wishes. Targeting a selector results is “content” collection. For example, if the NSA targets phone number 555-555-1212 then their systems collect the content of all the communications associated with that number, including the apps the phone uses)
- After the FBI searches the massive data center, it then uses that illegally obtained data to “re-obtain” it through legal subpoenas and warrants. (In other words, the FBI obtains those subpoenas and warrants with perjury.)
- Federal Prosecutors then prosecute the FBI’s target BUT do not disclose the illegal methods used to obtain the indictment. That is an egregious Brady Violation.
- Parallel Construction continues because no defendant is able to challenge it due to the egregious perjury the government commits to conceal it.