The SWAT team was completely necessary. In order to obtain the physical > evidence that is required to convict a person, it must be collected fast. > If the suspect was alerted to suspicions before a SWAT team could collect > evidence, then the suspect could easily destroy all the evidence necessary. > Therefore the perpetrator could get away. > > Better to inconvenience an innocent person, than to let a guilty person free. > The risk of infringing on a suspects rights, by using a SWAT team, is > necessary > in order to keep the safety.
Do you know how long it takes to do a seven-pass zero write to an array of disks? It takes a LONG time. Even with a DBAN disk ready to fly, it would take at least a day to go over a 1tb disk more than a few times. That is PLENTY of time for the police to do a few hours of investigative work and get a warrant. And if it does so happen that the data is all gone by the time the police get there, then tough... they should work faster next time. Faster != cutting corners There is ZERO reason why SWAT should be using shoot first, ask questions later tactics. There is also zero reason why SWAT should be used to gather evidence from or even question a peaceful citizen in the first place. "America... Losing freedoms in the name of freedom since 9/11/2001!" -- Eric Jacobs /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
