17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
[..] Law enforcement authorities also say they are looking for no more authority than they already have--. [..] Perhaps LE is not asking for more *authority*, but they sure are asking for more *capability*. If LE had the capability to do everything they're currently authorized to do (wiretaps, search and seizure, follow people, undercover officers, sting operations, obtain financial records, public security cameras, etc), on a nationwide scale, the US would truly be a police state. It's not so much the amount of "authority" that is keeping the US from being a police state, it is LE's level of capability. Don't give LE more capabilities. One person's opinion, Jim_Miller@suite.com