I can say we're in agreement on this issue. Seems like a blatant 4th amendment violation to me.
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." Vivec wrote: > It probably won't surprise you, but in 2005, the [1]FBI manufactured > evidence to get the > power to issue National Security Letters under the PATRIOT Act. Unlike > normal subpoenas, NSLs do not require probable cause and you're never > allowed to talk about having received one, leading to a lack of > accountability that caused them to be widely abused. The EFF has > discovered via FOIA requests that an FBI field agent was forced by > superiors to return papers he got via a lawful subpoena, then demand them > again via an NSL (which was rejected for being unlawful at the time), and > re-file the original subpoena to get them back. This delay in a > supposedly critical anti-terror investigation then became a talking point > used by FBI Director Robert Mueller when the FBI wanted to justify their > need for the power to issue National Security Letters." > > *shakes head* > That's why ANY law that removes oversights and gives the government > more unregulated power is BAD for the people, because they WILL abuse > it. > > http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/fbi-director-ci.html > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258675 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
