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Well, as long as they have a warrant. Oh... "The government has long asserted that it doesn’t need to obtain a probable-cause warrant to use the devices becaus
by cheez 14y ago
Well, as long as they have a warrant. Oh...
"The government has long asserted that it doesn’t need to obtain a probable-cause warrant to use the devices because they don’t collect the content of phone calls and text messages and operate like pen-registers and trap-and-traces, collecting the equivalent of header information."
Fuck you.
- bediger4000 14y agoIndeed. Personally, I've always wondered how pen-registers could be legally used without the permission of the registered. It just seems like snooping. Yes, I realize Courts Have Decided, and The Legal Issues Are All Tidily Wrapped Up, but really, how un-American is a pen-register? On a related note, do US federal law enforcement agencies suffer a significant personnel turnover because people finally have pangs of conscience over what they're required to do?
- kefka 14y agoWith a 99% conviction rate in federal court.... "They only find the bad people. What's there to be ashamed of that?"