On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Jim Choate wrote:

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Is a visible light search needful of a warrant? If so then why is the frequency of the radiation an issue?

The capacity of most humans to see in visible light wavelengths is well-documented, and this capacity forms part of our expectation of what is and is not private.

People erect privacy fences *BECAUSE* those fences cannot be seen through in the visible-light spectrum. In so doing, they express an intent for the stuff behind those fences to be private.

*sigh.* I suppose it would freak their cookies, and might even prompt a search-warrant, if someone installed steel plates in his walls so that the impulse-radar was baffled.

Bear

Are you shielding from FMJ rounds or radar? Foil-faced insulation should do just fine. Time to check my walls. And I doubt if having a radar-proof house or a Faraday room is probable cause for a warrant. And while we're on the subject, anyone know where to get Levis and t-shirts with some aluminized fibers, the mofo's are starting to deploy this shit at airports aren't they? Mike