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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Lane3 who wrote (8575)1/9/2006 3:56:08 PM
From: Dale Baker  Read Replies (1) of 541477
 
I believe that E-mails on private computers (not company networks) have an expectation of privacy that would certainly require a warrant to snoop on. I don't know if you need the ISP's permission to hack an E-mail but I know it takes a deliberate effort, much like a wiretap. You can't just go sift through all the mail piled up on Earthlink's servers, I don't think.

With that expectation you could not sift all E-mails in America for terms that MIGHT lead you to a bomb plot. No way.

Warrants would have to be obtained with the usual criteria, probable cause that the individuals involved may be committing a crime or play some role in a conspiracy to commit a crime. You could certainly use a warrant to monitor the E-mail account of a known Al Qaeda member, trace his E-mails into the US then get warrants to monitor the E-mail accounts of US-based recipients.

No different from a FISA wiretap warrant.

Are you asking if the NSA should monitor all E-mail and IMs for keywords and investigate anyone who says something on their list with no warrant based on other probable cause? No way.

I am surprised no one has suggested the Cuban solution, neighborhood watch committees where people turn in their neighbors for suspicious or disloyal activity. Probably damn effective, LOL.
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