Feel happy? All topped-off on hope? Don’t let yourself forget that warrantless wiretapping is still very much in effect. Not even my spellcheck knows what to do with the word: red crinkles all up under warrantless.
@ WIRED:
Heads spun four years ago this weekend, when AT&T was accused of funneling every one of its customers’ electronic communications to the National Security Agency — without warrants.
A Jan. 31, 2006, lawsuit alleged major violations of the Fourth Amendment right to be free from warrantless searches and seizures. Such a sweeping breach seemed far-fetched.
Yet months after the lawsuit was lodged, the Electronic Frontier Foundation produced internal AT&T documents allegedly outlining secret rooms in AT&T offices connected to the NSA, which was siphoning all internet traffic, from e-mails to Voice Over Internet Protocol phone conversations.
But four years and a mountain of court briefs and rulings later, the legal system has never addressed the merits of the allegations — and likely never will. Even Congress has weighed in and passed legislation to prevent the allegations from being heard.
Read More http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/01/legality-of-warrantless-eavesdropping#ixzz0eFPuuRvz
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