[Phsstpok]

there can be no reasonable (or even unreasonable) expectation of privacy that would require a warrant to conduct radiation detection when the authorities are operating on the public right of way.

It's like complaining about someone confessing to murder on live TV and then saying that the police needed a warrant to watch the person on TV in order to use the confession as evidence. Don't get me started on how this same dufus in the MSM would probably argue that the confession couldn't be used since the murderer wasn't read his Miranda rights before he volunteered his confession!

Logic 101 should be a required course for anyone who wants to get into the journalism profession. Hell, we license doctors and lawyers before they can practice, we should make the same requirement of MSM journalists. Not ideological tests, just simple ones about the ability to reason, present facts accurately, spell, things like that.

[Williams]

Exactly. These activities are not a "search" and they do not require a warrant. No more than a police car needs a warrant to drive by properties and observe if there is any activity that needs further investigation. Likewise, a police car can cruise through a parking lot or pull in your driveway on patrol.

I suppose theowners of properties could deny the police access to parking lots, etc, in which case a warrant might be needed. But the article is otherwise completely bogus froma legal standpoint. Even the average person should realize the police do all kinds of things without needing a warrant.

The real import of this article is it is warning terrorists to conduct these activities at secluded locations which are difficult to monitor.

[Sender]

True, there can be no reasonable expectation of privacy when it comes to high energy radiation coming from your property.

There is simply no rational reason for your property to be emitting this radiation. It can only mean illegal and dangerous activity.

Good for them. I hope they put geiger counters on every 'place of worship' out there. You won't get a reading from churches and synagogues.