The DEA tracked El Mencho by watching his girlfriend. Where she went, who she talked to, what she posted. That’s how they found one of the most dangerous cartel bosses in Mexico.
Meanwhile they’ve got six million emails sitting in a database somewhere and can’t seem to find any pedophiles or sex traffickers.
Think about that. Six million emails. Already collected. Already there. And they can’t be bothered.
When they want someone, they get them. El Mencho’s girlfriend posts a photo? They’re on it. They know the restaurant, the city, probably what she ordered. Real-time tracking across international borders. No problem.
But those emails? Too hard. Too many. Not enough manpower. You believe that?
I don’t.
They’ve got the same computers. Same agents. Same budget. Probably bigger. The difference isn’t capability. It’s interest. Or maybe it’s worse than that. Maybe they don’t want to know what’s in those emails. Maybe they don’t want to see whose names come up.
You can find anyone when you want to find them. That’s what this proves. The question isn’t can they do it. The question is why won’t they.
And nobody wants to answer that one.
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