DMK
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Well, IF the data was not purged and they were to use that information to gain incriminating evidence leading to an arrest, wouldn't any evidence they had that resulted from the NICs data be inadmissible in court, since it was illegal for them to retain it in the first place?Congress has ordered the FBI to destroy the NICS database no less than three times since its implementation.
Whether or not it's been dismantled and destroyed in its ENTIRETY is a topic of much debate. One could argue that it serves Homeland Security to keep the backups, yet one could also argue that it's a crime to ignore congress.