Posted on 10/19/2014 12:42:34 PM PDT by Kaslin
The Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution is crystal clear in meaning.
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.
FBI Director, James Comey, an Obama appointment, does not give a damn what the Constitution says.
In a recent speech, Comey warns If Apple and Google Won't Decrypt Phones, We'll Force Them To
Everyone is stoked that the latest versions of iOS and Android will (finally) encrypt all the information on your smartphone by default. Except, of course, the FBI: Today, its director spent an hour attacking the companies and the very idea of encryption, even suggesting that Congress should pass a law banning the practice of default encryption.Safe That Cannot be Cracked
It's of course no secret that James Comey and the FBI hate the prospect of "going dark," the idea that law enforcement simply doesn't have the technical capability to track criminals (and the average person) because of all those goddamn apps, encryption, wifi network switching, and different carriers.
"Encryption isnt just a technical feature; its a marketing pitch … its the equivalent of a closet that cant be opened. A safe that cant be cracked. And my question is, at what cost?" Comey said. "Both companies [Apple and Google] are run by good people, responding to what they perceive is a market demand. But the place they are leading us is one we shouldnt go to without careful thought and debate."
It’s not as if they can’t crack any commercially available encryption, they just want easy access.
The are legitimate reasons for the government to be able to have files/phones opened...but the problem here is that they have completely abused their powers, authority, and any presumption of legitimacy one might have.
If the GOP had a spine they would be hauling his but before an investigation committee.
Btw, Snowden released some things we needed to have known - and that’s a good thing...but he went far beyond that well into treason.
The idea here is that these files can’t be accessed even with a warrant.
I have no idea whether that’s really true or not.
But the Constitution prohibits “unreasonable search and seizure,” which of course means that reasonable S&S is entirely constitutional.
There is some danger with communications and files that can’t be seized and inspected even with a warrant.
the only thing worse than criminal conduct out here in society is the criminal conduct of those in public office
Sorry, Director, thought and discussion took place 1787-1789 by people much smarter than either of us. Case closed, figure out how to do your job without snooping. You know, like listening to your field agents when they tell you about a bunch of ragheads at a flight school who don't want to learn about landing the plane.
You sound like the victims of Stalin's purges who went to their grave shouting, "You'll regret this when Comrade Stalin hears about it!" ;)
The GOP is all for this. McCain. Peter King. All the Bushies. And this guy Comey got famous by framing Martha Stewart for the Bush administration.
If you think the 4th Amendment actually means something, the GOP says you are a "wacko bird". Both parties have contempt for us.
I don't believe that he did, and even if he did by the very Constitution that defines Treason the actual details (not some nebulous he compromised operations
BS) would have to be revealed to the jury and the case made that such information was levying War against them [the States], or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort
because No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.
What Apple is claiming is that it will lock itself out of that capability.
The real treason is committed day in and day out by the apparatchiks at the NSA, FBI, & other myriad bureaucracies who piss on the Constitution without the slightest hesitancy or regret.
Snowden is a hero, not a traitor.
They won’t be happy until they can root through everything on every device from their office chairs. Period.
Unless I’m confused, which is quite possible, the reference was not to fishing expeditions but to inability to search data for which they have a legitimate warrant.
I don’t disagree with most of what you say, but I don’t know of any major push to giving “the government ...blanket authority to search the contents of our belongings, digital or otherwise.”
The government, again as I understand it, is recording and storing data that it cannot later search without a warrant.
I don’t particularly like that idea, but it’s not “searching the contents without a warrant.” Assuming they always bother to get one.
Were there bounties on terrorists, illegals, and other lawbreakers, this situation would quell in a hurry and our threat level would be greatly reduced. What we need in parallel is clear and severe penalties for false arrest and detainment. The founders meant for enforcement of simple laws by the people as an essential principle of liberty. The sooner we realize that, the better.
I question his motives and if he was working for a foreign entity. It seemed pre-meditated.
Yes indeed he’s a hero as over 90 percent of what he got was military methods and means ... boons to China and Russia.
China and Russia are insignificant enemies compared to the lawless, unconstitutional Federal government.
It is horrifically sad that the above statement is true.
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