[Rome2000]

what the Patriot Act did was not cut out the judge, but cut out the notification given at the start of a search

Right, but the Feds don't have to go to a judge once the initial approval is given.

If the FBI wants to investigate a suspected terrroist cell at a mosque,they can do it without having to get individual warrants every time the guy buys a new throwaway cellphone.

[steveegg]

Without the text of that amendment, I can't say for certain whether the amendment covers simply what the article claims it covers (the lack of notification) or also the "don't have to get individual warrants each time a subject of a warrant buys a new cell phone part". If it's merely the former, then it is a good thing. If it also covers the latter, that's troublesome.

[Atlas Sneezed]

"If the FBI wants to investigate a suspected terrroist cell at a mosque,they can do it without having to get individual warrants every time the guy buys a new throwaway cellphone."

So if instead of enacting a police-state law that applies to all Americans (consider the braod definition of terrorism), why not a law relating to different disposable cell phones owned by the same suspect?

PS Where can I buy some disposable cell phones?