On Aug 14, 2009, at 2:48 PM, Fred B. Ellison wrote:
> Question: > > Isn't this a violation of 4th Amendment protection against unlawful > searches and seizures and a violation of privacy rights? Not if it is a publicly posted communication, The police do not need a warrant to see what you have pinned in the cork board of your local grocery store; Twitter and blogs are no different. You are broadcasting them to the whole world and if you expect privacy, do not post. > Law enforcement should not be allowed to monitor communications > without a warrant based on reasonable suspicion that a crime is > being committed. But they are allowed to read your Letter To the Editor in the newspaper or look at your public website. Sincerely, Eric Vought "Faith does not absolve us from trying to understand our world and make moral distinctions with the eyes and brain given us. Religion is as much responsibility as direction: Duty not Distinction." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ This is a Free Speech forum. The owner of this list assumes no responsibility for the intellectual or emotional maturity of its members. If you do not like what is being said here, filter it to trash, ignore it or leave. If you leave, learn how to do this for yourself. If you do not, you will be here forever. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---