[ActionNewsBill]

At least the Patriot Act and the TA95 Act require warrants for most of the stuff- Carnivore and the like were/are broad nets.

You're right, the Patriot Act does require warrants.

SNEAK AND PEEK SEARCH WARRANTS AND THE USA PATRIOT ACT

Section 213 of the USA Patriot Act ushers in a new regime in America, a regime where the police learn at the police academy how to clandestinely burglarize the residences and offices of Americans and where the potential for police abuse is limitless. From now on Americans will be forced to live in “Orwellian fear that government agents may intrude at any time.”

[dcwusmc]

Sunday morning bump.

[DBrow]

I share your concern here. The BofR does not specifically say that you get to be told about a warrant, but this seems a bit scary. Has this been court-tested?

Of course the most common use will be to install a key logger on your computer if they can't sneak one by your firewall, or install phone bugs and mikes.

Installing surveillance gear has always been done by clandestine breakins if they can't just get Telco to do it- but this warrant lets them come in on shaky probable cause to get real probable cause.

Thanks for the info.