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Oh no, they need not convince a judge. Thanks to the Patriot Act, they can surveil and ask for permission ex post facto. Or, surveil and never ask for permissio
by tunap 4y ago
Oh no, they need not convince a judge. Thanks to the Patriot Act, they can surveil and ask for permission ex post facto. Or, surveil and never ask for permission, if the LEOs decide not to request a warrant... again, after the surveilling has been completed.
- krapp 4y agoThe Patriot Act expired two years ago.
- tunap 4y agoTechnically, yes it did. TIL. However, backdoor sunset clauses exist & the bill to reauthorize it have already been passed and sit on the back burner, as Trump threatened to veto it. I suppose when the sunset clause is no longer exploitable, they'll get the sitting POTUS's sig. More in TFA: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/section-215-expired-year-review-2020 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/section-215-expired-ye...