IP: RE: Senate votes to permit warrantless Net-wiretaps, Carn ivoreus e (fwd)

[measl at mfn.org]

> > >Declan,
> > >
> > >I ignored the first two points because I don't think they're that important.
> > >These "warrantless searches" are emergency orders that have to be followed
> > >by a court order in 48 hours.  Sometimes courts are closed and the cops need
> > >data right away.  Tuesday evening would be a good example.  This is not some
> > >out-of-control police authority.

This is TOTALLY and example of out-of-control police authority.  Courts
are open 24 jours a day for the purposes of abtaining warrants, or for
other emergencies - in EVERY court in the United States.  Doubt it?  Go
to any courthouse where there is a real judge (not a local "magistrate" or
equiv), and ask for a copy of the "Local Rules of Court".

-- 
Yours, 
J.A. Terranson
sysadmin at mfn.org

If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they
should give serious consideration towards setting a better example:
Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of
unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in
the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and 
elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire
populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate...
This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States
as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers,
associates, or others.  Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of
those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the
first place...
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