Jim Choate wrote: > > > And what says that I can't shoot down a bird that flies over my property > > provided my property is large enough to prevent me shooting bullets through > > the neighbors' windows? > > Well that depends on the sort of bird and where your property is. Non endangered generic duck for example. Assume it's hunting season. Now assume it's a radio controlled flying bot with a camera. Can I shoot it down if it's flying over my land and I recognize it for the spook gear it really is? > Yeah, a clear invasion of privacy without probably cause to 'unlock' or > remove those blinds. Probable cause != warrant. Probable cause is needed to obtain one. Not the same thing. Search warrants do not allow cops to remove blinds from windows. They allow them the ability to search a specific location for specific items for which they have presented a judge probable cause that they'll find said items. It does not allow for open ended surveilance - i.e. a fishing expedition. > The term 'reasonable expectation' does not appear in the Constitution and > most certainly doesn't appear in the 4th. Read the 10th for a better > description of what that means. Newsflash, neither does the word 'privacy'. Hence it's not a constitutional issue, though it should be. It is however a 4th ammendment issue as it involves "searches" by government types. -- ----------------------Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos--------------------------- + ^ + :Surveillance cameras|Passwords are like underwear. You don't /|\ \|/ :aren't security. A |share them, you don't hang them on your/\|/\ <--*-->:camera won't stop a |monitor, or under your keyboard, you \/|\/ /|\ :masked killer, but |don't email them, or put them on a web \|/ + v + :will violate privacy|site, and you must change them very often. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sunder.net ------------
