[ale] [OT] Liberties

[leam hall]

Sean,

Haven't read either for a long time so I didn't even realize the mistake.
:)

What I don't have an answer for it the balance between justice and privacy.
While Ben Franklin's old quote is a great idea, there are too many bad
people in the world who didn't read it.

Leam


On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Sean Kilpatrick <kilpatms at gmail.com> wrote:

> **
>
> 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
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>  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:
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> >
>
> > "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,
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> > electronic records are most assuredly "papers and effects." This
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> > paragraph of the U.S. Constitution requires that the government at any
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> > level must get a warrant before searching my electronic
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> > communications.
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> >
>
> > 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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