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It's the whole "Somebody Else's Problem" field that bureaucracy generates.

Same thing happens in pretty much any large gathering of people: "I only signed off on blah, nobody told me foo and bar would happen". "We only did foo because someone signed off on blah, we had approval it's not our fault". And round and round we go pointing fingers at each other rather than improving the world for anyone.

>>bloope+(OP)
I think you’re right. But I also think that things might get a little better if we shone a light on the judges who are allowing these things to happen. They are supposed to judge, not be rubber stamps for whatever the police want. For example, the media will tell us the names of the cops who murder people when executing a warrant, as they should; but I don’t remember a single article where the judge who signed the warrant was named, or where the reporter tried to interview the judge, to ask what evidence justified, say, a no-knock warrant. Not that a judge would grant such an interview, but at least the judge can be named, and the question raised.

>>leephi+12
I agree with you, all parts of the machine need some daylight.

I wonder how much this is due to sheer volume of warrants and policing actions?