We Briefly Interrupt the Rubber Hose Beatings…
December 17th, 2010Court Rebuffs Obama on Warrantless Cell-Site Tracking
Appeals Court Holds that Email Privacy Protected by Fourth Amendment
Context:
Mark Klein on AT&T/NSA Domestic Surveillance Program: “The NSA is Getting Everything.”
Ship of Fools by Ted Kaczynski
A court rules something the government wants to do is illegal and/or unconstitutional. Does the government:
a) Immediately stop what they were doing
b) Ignore the court entirely and continue doing it openly
c) Rename the program, transfer it to a different TLA, and declare it shut down
Damn! This is as hard as one of those standardized education tests!