The United States government is pushing to gain the right to read your e-mails, without a warrant. "On October 8, 2007, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati granted the U.S. Government a full-panel hearing to take another look at citizens' rights of privacy for what they're calling "stored electronic communications"
Since the way information is sent across the internet is label as "broadcasting", the government is arguing that "broadcasted" information is public, not private. This is basically a direct loophole around the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. I disagree. If I have to type my password to access my e-mail, how can it be public?
The United States government seems to think that they are all knowing, and all powerful. They claim that this tactic could be used to curb terrorist messages sent within the US. Haven't we heard that excuse before.
Read my blog on the FBI illegally wiretapping US citizens.
http://progressiveu.org/145933-fbi-continues-invade-our-privacy-name-sec...
What about a warrant? If the information gathered on a suspect cannot amount to a warrant, then what makes the government think they can just go in the back door? Maybe all those FBI, DEA, ATF, and NSA agents need to do a better job. If Americans haven't realized it yet, the US government and its many entities will not stop until they can watch, and control US citizens.
This also leads me to another current topic of government intrusion. Did you know? The US government is also petitioning Congress to pass legistlation that would allow them to use US spy sattelites on US citizens.
" ... the House Homeland Security Committee have held up the the program while trying to figure out some of the more pressing legal and privacy issues, but it seems that the program is moving forward now and a legal framework has been put in place. The program will not be used to intercept voice or data communications, but to obtain satellite imagery. "
Yes, you heard it here. The program has already adopted a legal framework to circumvent the Constitution, and more directly the Bill of Rights. Until citizens make noise on this subject, federal court judges will continue to grant these intrusive rights to our own government.
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