[ale] [OT] Liberties

[Sean Kilpatrick]

Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa!!!!!!


For further commentary please reread "1984" by George Orwell.
In a fit of unbelievable memory loss, I remembered Winston Smith in the 
wrong dystopian universe.

Sean

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On Wednesday, August 21, 2013 12:48:09 pm Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> I must disagree.
> 
> Facebook: Yes.  That clearly is a public venue.
> 
> Email:  NO!  The government has no more right to read my email without
> a specific warrant than it does to read my snail mail.
> 
> Let me quote the Fourth Amendment:
> 
> "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 siezed."
> 
> Your smart phone is the same as my briefcase. In the 21st century,
> electronic records are most assuredly "papers and effects."  This
> paragraph of the U.S. Constitution requires that the government at any
> level must get a warrant before searching my electronic
> communications.
> 
> How does the government get evidence on suspected criminals:  Easy! Its
> agents get a warrant, which must be specific as to the kinds of things
> being searched for.  The constitution could not be clearer:  no warrant
> = no search nor seizure.
> 
> For further commentary on this issue (continuous surveilence by the
> government on the entire population), please reread Huxley's "Brave New
> World."
> 
> Sean
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