[SandfleaCSC]

So you think the Founding Fathers of this country were like Lenin, because they didn't put a right to privacy in the Constitution?

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.

I think that pretty much covers the "privacy thing". By the way, the Constitution is an enumeration of the Government, people's rights aren't listed in it one by one. I'm not quite sure I understand where authoritarians like you guys get your info.

[Cacique]

The problem with the fourth amendment is that it leaves enough loopholes to drive a truck through. and nowhere in it is the "right to privacy" stated. It allows for example the phrase "probable cause" which of course can be determined by legislation. The phrase "unreasonable searches and seizures" is also problematic. The foiunders also oinjected the "due Process" Clause which pretty much gives lots of loopholes to the state.