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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: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 06 2015, @04:32PM
From TFA: "“I would propose that there is no person named Verizon, so you do not have an individualized warrant under the Fourth Amendment when to say to Mr. Verizon we want hundreds of millions of records...."
Really reads like his intention was to say a company cannot be the subject of a warrant. Yeah....
Why is it that when Paul says something or holds a position I really agree with he always justifies or supports it with something that proves he's batshit crazy? Is that a reflection that I'm batshit crazy for wanting the same thing, or just that he is? Or both, I suppose....
(Score: 2) by The Archon V2.0 on Thursday May 07 2015, @04:22PM
Reduce the fraction 16 / 64. There's a 6 in the numerator and the denominator. Cancel them, and the answer is 1 / 4 .
People can be right for the wrong reasons. If multiple people arrive at the same results through contradictory ways, check everyone's work and determine whose reasoning is the most sound. Just be careful about hiring the guy who cancels digits to be a math teacher.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 07 2015, @07:01PM
No, because what they're collecting is normal people's information. If they want Verizon's information, then they have to get a warrant for that.