As far as LE goes, I think that The Wire had a pretty good line when Baltimore PD tried to get some funding to wiretap or do surveillance on Stringer Bell.

The FBI agent then said something along the lines: "For this operation, his middle name is Ahmed." - I don't think much had changed since then to be honest - terrorism is still the no1 thing that FBI deals with I reckon.

I could very well be wrong, but that's simply because I'm not from the US.