Technology and Privacy

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DM,sir, you always bring good stuff, but...am i really supposed to believe that 
a warrant or other writ will really control the process?
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From: 	Declan McCullagh[SMTP:declan at well.com]
Sent: 	Monday, July 01, 1996 7:13 PM
To: 	John Young
Cc: 	cypherpunks at toad.com
Subject: 	Re: Technology and Privacy

>   To set the record straight, military thermal imaging is
>   used to support civilian law enforcement only after other
>   probable cause for a search warrant, such as power bills,
>   observation of boarded-up windows, vents on the roof to
>   draw away heat and buys by confidential informants, are
>   documented. The military is then called in, using thermal