Maybe OT: DHS rules on search and seizure without warrant.

[keith smith]

It is my understanding that about 1/3 of the U.S. population lives within 100 miles of the coast.

According to the map Tucson is in the orange zone.  Most of Interstate 8 is as well. 

They are slowly eroding our rights under the constitution.  

The Fourth Amendment:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

The Bill-of-Rights was added to the Constitution to ensure the people were protected from the central government.  

Whether you are liberal or conservative this will effect your right to be free from unlawful search and seizure.  

I would think most people want a smaller, less intrusive government and would desire less taxation.  

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Keith Smith

--- On Mon, 2/11/13, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Maybe OT: DHS rules on search and seizure without warrant.
To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>
Date: Monday, February 11, 2013, 10:08 AM

gee.... isn't that where most of the people in the US live?
:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 8:36 AM, James Finstrom <jfinstrom at rhinoequipment.com> wrote:


I think this may be a grey area. It does not pertain directly to Linux 
but as Linux users we typically have 2 vices, freedom and security.

If you live in the orange areas(http://imgur.com/r1C3lmy), you are in 
what the DHS now considers a "Fourth Amendment Exclusion Zone"...meaning
 that it's fine for the DHS to stop anyone within 100 miles (the Orange 
area) of ANY US border, without any suspicion or warrant, and search all the data on all their devices.
 

 “We also conclude that imposing a requirement that officers have 
reasonable suspicion in order to conduct a border search of an 
electronic device would be operationally harmful without concomitant 
civil rights/civil liberties benefits,” says the executive summary.
 
 Absolute insanity. More info here: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/02/electronics-border-seizures/







James Finstrom

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