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CoolHand
on Wednesday May 06 2015, @08:25AM
from the for-very-large-values-of-unreasonable dept.
from the for-very-large-values-of-unreasonable dept.
When the United States Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson was asked, "do you believe the government has the right to bulk collection of records from millions of individuals without a warrant", his response was that the question was "beyond my competence as secretary of homeland security" to answer.
The original article touches on some important details and raises key criticisms of the slipshod method currently used to obtain communications records for millions of people from US phone companies in violation of the spirit, if not letter, of the US Constitution's Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable government searches and seizures.
Source video for quotes and context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_auHdE89qQ
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Homeland Security Chief: Fourth Amendment is 'Beyond My Competence'
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(Score: 3, Touché) by deathlyslow on Wednesday May 06 2015, @01:56PM
It's not about an account. I mean come on even Gewg puts his "name" to his posts. If your going to make statements about standing up for something I find it hard to take it seriously when you can't be bothered to at least take some ownership of your comments. It's a respect thing. Maybe I'm old fashioned, I am certainly old, but it still means something to me to be a man of your word and own what you say and do.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 06 2015, @02:00PM
It was you that made statements [wikipedia.org] about standing up for something. I merely pointed out that you did not uphold your word as there are violators of the constitution that you have done nothing to stop. Why respect that?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Anal Pumpernickel on Wednesday May 06 2015, @02:08PM
Using some arbitrary name online or choosing not to has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not you are an activist in real life.
If your going to make statements about standing up for something I find it hard to take it seriously when you can't be bothered to at least take some ownership of your comments.
Then you're focusing on the person rather than the content, which isn't very logical.
It's a respect thing.
I don't find it disrespectful to not use an account on a website to post comments.