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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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(Score: 2) by davester666 on Wednesday May 06 2015, @06:22PM
Nixon wasn't the first. He only got caught. I believe they do it under the "But I'm doing it for for the good of the people" doctrine.
(Score: 2) by JeanCroix on Wednesday May 06 2015, @06:31PM