[Desron13]

"It's the one where the American officials were talking about the Philippine case. The Philippine female captain opened the computer, whereas in this country, a warrant would have to be obtained."

I kind of wonder about that. A suspect had been Identified by an eye witness who specifically wanted to go into a burning building to retrieve a laptop and then attempted to flee the scene. Would that not qualify as reasonable cause even in the PC dysfunctional law enforcement atmosphere of the US?

[Enterprise]

You and I, being reasonable people, would get the authority to look into that computer. However, prior to 9/11, the FBI would not grant their field agents the permission to get a search warrant to search Massoui's computer. This, despite information that terrorists were training to fly planes, but not land and take off. This despite past information of the Bojinka plot in the Philippines.