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There is no difference if they did not have a warrant. The FBI has the ability to break into your house, but if they do that without having a warrant they can't
by jonknee 12y ago
There is no difference if they did not have a warrant. The FBI has the ability to break into your house, but if they do that without having a warrant they can't use anything they found against you.
- res0nat0r 12y agoI wouldn't call this breaking in, more like surveillance.
- tatterdemalion 12y agoAnd with some very obvious exceptions, warrants are required to commit surveillance that violate certain privacy and property rights.
- res0nat0r 12y agoThe thing is I don't believe the court will find this to be violating any laws.
- tatterdemalion 12y agoI think you're probably right, but the argument up-thread was that the justice system is hypocritical regarding the permissibility of actions taken by the government compared to individual people.
- Terr_ 12y agoIMO a better analogy for "just sending packets" would be entering a store and looking around, or sending a package through the mail. Why? Because it could EITHER be totally-legal or blatantly-illegal, depending on the time, place, manner, and other details. Maybe they entered during business-hours, or maybe they broke in at 3AM. Maybe the package was a gift, maybe it was an explosive.