The Bush Administration is using telecommunications corporations in an effort to obtain information on American citizens without warrants, searches for information that would "otherwise" be against the Fourth Amendment if tackled directly by the government. Their argument for why they believe this is Constitutional fails on its face. If it is allowed to stand, the Fourth Amendment in this context will cease to have any meaning, providing no protection for us in our modern electronic world.
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29 November 2007
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