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To: JD86
This is taken from the new law. This is not "about wild scenarios" it is about gutting the Fourth Amendment. There isn't even a requirement of "probable cause". This law only requires "reasonable cause" to allow secrete searches.. Also notice that there is no limit on how long the search can remain secrete. Nor is there any requirement for the government to ever provide a list of items taken or copied.

You may also be interested in taking note of the provision that turns all businesses into undercover agents of the government. It provides no provision for the accused to confront the accuser. Piss off a clerk at the local furniture store and wind up on a list of suspects. You have right to know who accused you and no right to know you are now a suspect person.

This is bad law. This is police state crap that has no place in a republic.

SEC. 213. AUTHORITY FOR DELAYING NOTICE OF THE EXECUTION OF A WARRANT.

Section 3103a of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

(1) by inserting `(a) IN GENERAL- ' before `In addition'; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

`(b) DELAY- With respect to the issuance of any warrant or court order under this section, or any other rule of law, to search for and seize any property or material that constitutes evidence of a criminal offense in violation of the laws of the United States, any notice required, or that may be required, to be given may be delayed if--

`(1) the court finds reasonable cause to believe that providing immediate notification of the execution of the warrant may have an adverse result (as defined in section 2705);

`(2) the warrant prohibits the seizure of any tangible property, any wire or electronic communication (as defined in section 2510), or, except as expressly provided in chapter 121, any stored wire or electronic information, except where the court finds reasonable necessity for the seizure; and

`(3) the warrant provides for the giving of such notice within a reasonable period of its execution, which period may thereafter be extended by the court for good cause shown.'.

363 posted on 11/25/2001 4:59:27 AM PST by SUSSA
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To: SUSSA
You may also be interested in taking note of the provision that turns all businesses into undercover agents of the government. It provides no provision for the accused to confront the accuser. Piss off a clerk at the local furniture store and wind up on a list of suspects. You have right to know who accused you and no right to know you are now a suspect person.

Please post the section of the new law that supports this statement. Thank you.

366 posted on 11/25/2001 6:14:50 AM PST by JD86
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