Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ilaine who wrote (1425)	9/25/2001 11:24:30 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

many of the proposed revisions to the US Code would not have been constitutional under prior interpretations of the Constitution. Agreed... And I have some issues with permitting foreign sourced info being utilized as evidence since that opens a literal pandora's box. We'd have US LEA's asking the Brits to tap the phones of drug smugglers we couldn't obtain warrants on, and we'll tap the phone of their "untouchables".. We'd bag a lot of bad guys that way, but the civil rights of numerous people would be trampled in the process. So what I would advance is that they would have such permission under a national state of emergency, or a SOE that is of limited scope (drug war, terrorist war.. etc), where evidence could only be gathered specific to the rationale for the SOE being issued. And the SOE should have some check and balance, such as being passed as a bill by the congress and sign as a temporary act by the President, under a specified limited period of time. Thus, the capability could be made available in extraordinary conditions which might require it... but if abused, the congress could step in and withdraw the permission. Hawkmoon