Senate bill lets feds read your e-mail without warrant

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Somebody should hack Leahy's email and post what they find. The intoxication of power is infuriating! :mad:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57552 ... -warrants/
Revised bill highlights

✭ Grants warrantless access to Americans' electronic correspondence to over 22 federal agencies. Only a subpoena is required, not a search warrant signed by a judge based on probable cause.

✭ Permits state and local law enforcement to warrantlessly access Americans' correspondence stored on systems not offered "to the public," including university networks.

✭ Authorizes any law enforcement agency to access accounts without a warrant -- or subsequent court review -- if they claim "emergency" situations exist.

✭ Says providers "shall notify" law enforcement in advance of any plans to tell their customers that they've been the target of a warrant, order, or subpoena.

✭ Delays notification of customers whose accounts have been accessed from 3 days to "10 business days." This notification can be postponed by up to 360 days.


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WTF?

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/disconnect. (Sneaking suspicion, they have been doing this all along)


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