On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Tim May wrote: > On Friday, October 26, 2001, at 05:38 AM, Declan McCullagh wrote: > > Too many totalitarian surveillance state measures to comment on, but the > "sneak and peek" provision is such a slam dunk violation of the Fourth > Amendment that it bears special comment. >
Unfortunately, the Fourth doesn't ban secret searches it just bans warrantless ones. And that ban was destroyed years ago: UNITED STATES v. MILLER, 425 U.S. 435 (1976) http://laws.findlaw.com/us/425/435.html Held: Respondent possessed no Fourth Amendment interest in the bank records that could be vindicated by a challenge to the subpoenas, and the District Court therefore did not err in denying the motion to suppress. Pp. 440-446. Since then most of our "papers and effects" have been open to warrantless searches. Any good computer mechanics out there who can rig an electro-mechanical interface for a computer-actuated spring gun. Double-barreled shotgun pointed at the keyboard. Enter the right passphrase within 30 seconds of starting your session or be splattered across the monitor. DCF ---- "If you want to accurately foretell the future, predict war. You'll always be right." -- Robert Heinlein Worldcon 1976.
