-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ref: http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/washpol/medical-files.html and, of course, we all know that our friendLY, loyal, trustworthy, and obedient police departments can keep a secret and protect the innocent. NYT lead article today indicates Clinton bowing to LEOs to: ...gain broad access to patients' medical records, with hardly any restrictions on use or redisclosure of the data. "We recommend that providers and payers be permitted to rely on the statement of law-enforcement officials that an inquiry meets these standards," the administration says.... and we all know the police never lie when theY're fishing! The administration proposal would not require law-enforcement agencies to get court orders or to notify patients when they seek medical records. Patients would not be assured of an opportunity to challenge the disclosure of their files, though the records could later be used against them in investigations or prosecutions. fourth amendment mean _anything_ to these petty dictators? has the US become just another bananna republic at the interest of the power brokers? are we stretching the idea of a republic a bit thin? "Our recommendations accommodate the interests of law enforcement rather well," said an administration official who helped draft the proposal. "The Justice Department got almost everything it wanted." THIS is what is wrong with the US! the courts have become adversarial playgrounds for the prosecutors for the benefit of the "state" the old rule used to be if you were _charged_ by the Feds, start plea bargaining --if you go to court, the sentence will triple. just "fuck" the concept of innocent until proven guilty, or 'hey, man, you were arrested, weren't you?' Andrew Fois, an assistant attorney general, said, "There has been no documented history suggesting that law-enforcement agencies have abused their current access to medical records, or that existing federal and state law is inadequate to guard against such a danger." LIAR! I'll bet this man would lie to his own mother if it meant his courtroom body count ratio increased. What state or federal law? there is no restriction to LEO access currently; Congress is considering bills on protecting access, and the LEOs want total exemption from the rules. TIME FOR THE INTERMOUNTAIN EMPIRE TO SECEDE FROM THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT IN WASHINGTON. -- "Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other." --Benjamin Franklin ______________________________________________________________________ "attila" 1024/C20B6905/23 D0 FA 7F 6A 8F 60 66 BC AF AE 56 98 C0 D7 B0 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: latin1 Comment: No safety this side of the grave. Never was; never will be iQCVAwUBNBbEvb04kQrCC2kFAQHysAQAuRJTdS96yudsRASI2x3xVHey1N/hYYfN NCl/9FAr+TJsF+yWtSUhDLnE/1MODaIPjWomsDOla282kmrMZUQQa8CuYyw3e/xu uAwuw3bbqUfvJ13afwc7ddgusyAxbtDDxICv/ys/rFvHJCK9Ri8tKYKA6/7OZXqj L+6tueo6dI8= =ykmY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----