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NCIS is not under the DOJ and other errors

posted 8 years ago by darkavenger77
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The recent episode was loaded with factual errors.
1) NCIS agents do not interview special agent applicants. That's done via personnel.
2) NCIS does not take the lead in investigating aircraft crashes. That's the NTSB, who have the expertise to do so.
3) The DOJ oversees several law enforcement agencies such as the DEA and FBI, but the NCIS is under the Department of the Navy. The DOJ would have no say in where the NCIS office was located and who they employ.
4) You cannot locate where a radio signal is being received, such as a van. You can locate where it originates.
5) Every mobile device does not automatically connect to "the cloud". Doing so is optional.
6) A crash such as the one shown would not be survivable. Even if a passenger survived it, he would not be ambulatory as was depicted.

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[–] purple_dave 8 years ago

7) An shadow cast by sunlight is roughly as large as the object creating the shadow. No way would they think a single drone could cast a shadow that would cover whole old-growth trees, much less groups of them.

But they did point out that the CIA has no legal authority to operate on US soil (that's what the NSA is for), and that's practically unheard of from a Hollywood production. About the only other production I can recall getting that right is Sneakers.

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[–] lauriegonzalez11 8 years ago

I'm glad someone else noticed the chain of command problem. NCIS has nothing to do with DOJ and vice versa. I used to like this show but it's getting ridiculous.