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Did they search his home with permission, or does a spoofed phone call alone give the police the right to perform a search?
by anonymoushn 14y ago
Did they search his home with permission, or does a spoofed phone call alone give the police the right to perform a search?
- larrik 14y agoA spoofed phone call alone certainly does give them that right, so I don't think it matters.
- bcoates 14y agoIf the police know it spoofed, of course not, but if they have probable cause to believe a person is in danger they can do a search for that person without consent or a warrant.
- Nrsolis 14y agoI think the relevant term is "exigent circumstances". The 4th amendment only covers "unreasonable" search and seizures. Anything "reasonable" is still OK.
- tantalor 14y agoRight. In this case they had probable cause to believe his wife dying somewhere in the house.
- drucken 14y agoHow would they "know it spoofed" without checking? I mean there is no reason to believe someone they just arrested...
- lawnchair_larry 14y agoIn this case, Krebs recognized that dilemma and just consented to the search. If someone were to SWAT someone that they knew had unrelated contraband, this becomes an interesting question. That's not far off of what AT&T did to Weev initially, but I think his drug charges were thrown out.
- pjungwir 14y agoIf you read Krebs' blog post, it sounds like they asked permission: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/03/the-world-has-no-room-for-cowards/ http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/03/the-world-has-no-room-for...