A Primer on Warrantless Wiretapping
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Here's a summary of the Supreme Court's jurisprudence (or lack thereof) on warrantless wiretapping.
But remember:
1. We already have a secret court to issue secret warrants to do secret wiretapping.
2. The government can, in "urgent" matters of national security, wiretap first and seek a warrant later -- as much as 72 hours later.
It seems to me that the burden of persuasion is on the White House to explain why even that's "not enough" and that warrantless wiretapping is so desperately necessary.
And I'm not feeling very persuaded so far...
But remember:
1. We already have a secret court to issue secret warrants to do secret wiretapping.
2. The government can, in "urgent" matters of national security, wiretap first and seek a warrant later -- as much as 72 hours later.
It seems to me that the burden of persuasion is on the White House to explain why even that's "not enough" and that warrantless wiretapping is so desperately necessary.
And I'm not feeling very persuaded so far...
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- More on Posner and "Privacy v. Security"...
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Posted by Kip on
24 December 2005
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