ak3ldama's Journal: Warrantless Wiretapping.

A recent slashdot article on banning NSA eavesdropping is quite interesting. Someone brought up the point that "Only in a Government do you need to outlaw something that is already illegal." Oh how we should weep for the United States of America, and what she has become.
Amendment IV
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.
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Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

Unreasonable...

[Shadow Wrought]

The question is, is wiretapping unreasonable? Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't. Where the distinction lies is the sticky wicket.

On a side note, on of the attorneys I work with who's done some international work told me that in the UK there are no limits on Government wiretapping. They can tap whomever, whenever. But... and this is a biggie... wiretapping is completely inadmissable as evidence. So no matter how much information the Government may have from their surveillance, they must have some ot