DEA Bribes Obtained Amtrak Passenger Information

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According to a story in today's Washington Post, DEA agents spent nearly two decades illegally obtaining personal information about Amtrak passengers. The info sweep included credit card information, passport numbers, dates of birth, and emergency contact names. In exchange, the DEA paid their Amtrak source over three-quarter of a million dollars. How the arrangement reached the light of day was not revealed in the Post article. The irony is that the information the DEA wanted could have easily been obtained via legal means. Ah, but why do things the easy way?