Quote: robkelk wrote:As I understand the Patriot Act, you don't even need a warrant, which is what's got a lot of people up in arms about it. The shit's
Did anybody present the telco with a warrant?
(As I understand it, "obstruction of justice" in this sort of case requires that the obstructor refuse to comply with a warrant. Also as I
understand it, no warrants were obtained or presented in these particular cases. Are either of those points of understanding incorrect?)
as blatantly unConstitutional as you can get. Supposedly this let's you get to the 'Bad Guys' before they even realize that you're on to them,
which is BS. If you can't find enough eveidence on them to warrant wire-tapping, then how the heck do you think you're going to get anything better by
tapping them without said evidence? They're obviously doing their jobs well enough to encode everything, including whispered little phone calls.
So, that said, it's in a bit of a gray area. Could the Telecos still be charged with obstruction of justice? Perhaps they accuse the Telecos of aiding and
abetting the terrorists they're supposedly after?